Comfort Zone

Andre Gide said " One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time"

Comfort zones are not only self created but they keep us stuck in a 'space' that is smaller than our potential. Anxiety is of course the most frequent emotion when we near the edge of a zone or when someone challenges us to step beyond. And yet life itself could be seen as a continuous process of risk taking as we are challenged to reach beyond what was previously comfortable.

When we don't take risks we suppress our potential, deny our joy and sabotage our capacity to 'do life' well. In the famous survey where older people were asked what they regretted most as the looked back on their life, few said they wished they had spent more time at the office! The most common replies were, "I wish I had learned more and taken more risks".

As Helen Keller reminds us, "Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing".

Hmmm...are we really that used to our comfort zone we refuse to budge out??? LOL...