Comfort Zones are not our friend...

This post was inspired by a recent post of a fellow blogger, although his blog was (i think) speaking to something a little different, just something he said reminded me or made me think about this topic, so not to refute his post or thoughts or anything like that, these are just my separate thoughts etc on the subject of Comfort Zones and what they mean....and I greatly appreciate his continued support and encouragement and am obviously inspired by his ideas and thoughts. I don't really know how to make links etc yet, but check out his blog at minusthebars.blogspot.com I will come back and edit this and fix it once I learn how to add the link to the specific post etc....

We all have them and have experienced them, comfort zones, a place in our life where we feel at ease, familiar, complacent, secure.... We all go through these "comfortable" phases. But its never a good idea to make a comfort zone your home or to stay in one too long. Being comfortable confines our growth...Lets face it, life is not comfortable most of the time. Nor is growth and change. In order for us to grow we must stretch and reach outside of our comfort areas, we must walk out onto the water per say, and must step out into that which is unfamiliar and unknown in order to achieve the next step, the next level, the next stage.

The womb was a great comfort zone, nice and cozy and warm, all the amenities needed...but we could not stay there, we had to grow and finally come forth and be birthed into this crazy life. Sitting in mommy and daddy's lap curled up or hand in hand with mommy or daddy as we stroll through the park...comfort zones, but then the first day of school arrives and we have to let go of mommy's hand...and walk alone. Bikes with training wheels, comfort zones, until we learn to ride on our own. There are many comfort zones through out our lives, not just early childhood, but look into your own life and you will see the many comfort or safety zones you have created for yourself....I know i do. But they are doing me no good. I cant grow or mature in these places, at the same time its not okay for me to live in fear of being without the security of these zones...i have to take some risks, take some steps out there into the unknown, and establish myself. make my presence known in this world. There is no halfway mark or safety zone or "base" if you will, in this life, we are either moving forward or we are getting knocked backwards, there is no standing still, time waits for no one. Its not like the video games where we can hit a pause or reset button and chill out for a minute go grab a juicebox and chips and come back when we are ready, we gotta live this thing every single day, all day, we gotta grow, we gotta learn, we gotta mature... and change, in some regards, is inevitable....even within us. just remember to never get too comfortable or if you are in a place where u are experiencing extreme comfort, you may want to reevaluate your situation or tell me your secret!!!

Within just about all of us is this desire for more, to do more, to have more, to be more, to achieve more...even once we've reached all of the goals we have set for ourselves, there is still that feeling, that longing, that push, that urging for MORE, it is insatiable...and that drive alone makes us uncomfortable, because as long as we have the drive we are unsatisfied....but the danger comes when we no longer have the drive, when the light starts to dim and flicker, and we become comfortable and start making excuses or justifying our comfort our putting off our daily goals and responsibilities in order to remain in this comfort just a little while longer.... I'm speaking on it because I have been there a time or two...or three....Just some things to think about, I guess...