Communication can be a very difficult thing during the holidays. You may find yourself caught up in family politics or embroiled in some hidden angst from past seasons. I would advise that you look beyond the moment and think about your future. You may not be able to alter the past but you certainly control your future.
Think of your relationships like the brick layer. Every wall the brick layer makes is built to last a millennium. He begins by digging a trench called footer. This is where the wall gets its foot hold on which to build. This is how the wall is able to stand for so long, unmarred by time or space. Next the craftsman selects the perfect brick which to lay his first course. The word course is important in that it indicates whether the wall will be straight and tall or curved with purpose or plumb and straight. If this first row is laid with care the wall will last for ever.
The purpose of a wall is to what? It's to do one of several things, keep valuables protected, to secure personal property from the view of others or to hide something from the world! Think back in your life’s relationships. Have you been a brick layer? Did you dig the trench, did you lay the first brick, did you mean for the wall to last forever? I think not. In most cases you were caught off guard in the heat of the moment and felt threatened. Your defense mechanism was to protect yourself by building a wall. The only problem is you forgot to tear it down when you were no longer being threatened.
Take a moment, survey your land, check for walls that are no longer needed and tear them down. Because, there is one other reason someone might build a wall... to keep from seeing out. To keep from looking into the world for what it is, an imperfect place filled with mistakes and miscommunications. Tear down your walls and let the world show its better side. The world can be a passionate place, a loving place, a place where you can rediscover yourself, your loves and your loved ones. Tear down that wall this holiday season and reconnect with someone you have been separated from.
“Come here to this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!”
Think of your relationships like the brick layer. Every wall the brick layer makes is built to last a millennium. He begins by digging a trench called footer. This is where the wall gets its foot hold on which to build. This is how the wall is able to stand for so long, unmarred by time or space. Next the craftsman selects the perfect brick which to lay his first course. The word course is important in that it indicates whether the wall will be straight and tall or curved with purpose or plumb and straight. If this first row is laid with care the wall will last for ever.
The purpose of a wall is to what? It's to do one of several things, keep valuables protected, to secure personal property from the view of others or to hide something from the world! Think back in your life’s relationships. Have you been a brick layer? Did you dig the trench, did you lay the first brick, did you mean for the wall to last forever? I think not. In most cases you were caught off guard in the heat of the moment and felt threatened. Your defense mechanism was to protect yourself by building a wall. The only problem is you forgot to tear it down when you were no longer being threatened.
Take a moment, survey your land, check for walls that are no longer needed and tear them down. Because, there is one other reason someone might build a wall... to keep from seeing out. To keep from looking into the world for what it is, an imperfect place filled with mistakes and miscommunications. Tear down your walls and let the world show its better side. The world can be a passionate place, a loving place, a place where you can rediscover yourself, your loves and your loved ones. Tear down that wall this holiday season and reconnect with someone you have been separated from.
“Come here to this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!”
Ronald Regan US President
Remarks at the Brandenburg Gate
West Berlin, Germany
June 12, 1987
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