People stay in a lot of situations because they are familiar. I think I finally understand why people would choose familiar over happiness, pursuit of a challenge, or choosing a new challenge. We tend to think that our comfort zone = security. But that isn’t an accurate view of life.
Here is what I have come to discover.
When you step outside your comfort zone, you may not know the new territory very well, and that makes you more likely to make mistakes, possibly many more mistakes than usual. Mistakes open you up to criticism from others. Everyone appears to have an opinion about your mistakes and what you should be doing.
As I slog along the mountainous road of author, I have to wonder if I haven’t just gone crazy; that would account for why I would open myself up to the challenges I face and criticisms of so many. Perhaps many of us at times wonder if we haven’t gone crazy.
Well, you haven’t gone crazy. If you stepped outside your comfort zone you may be putting a noble or higher purpose into action. That is what life of fulfillment is about; growing, changing, putting the little self aside and focusing on the bigger issues.
If I would have played it safe, I would have missed out on so much. There is the truth. Seek the greater potential.
Era Lewis 