I definitely believe in broadening your horizons, far beyond and way past your normal, typical, comfort zone.
Have you ever put yourself smack dab in the middle of a conversation that you were not well versed in? Did you sink or swim? Most of the time when we have to, we wind up swimming out of the rip currents that attempt to pull us out, exhaust and extinguish our relevance, our significance, our substance and our Deliverance. The majority want to see us drown.
But right in the thick of it all lies a perseverance that sees us through those difficult tasks with those impossible people and things. The uncomfortable becomes the new comfortable. And so it should!
We get so caught up, content and happy within our comfort zone that we feel so out of place once we venture outside of our "Element," even for a brief moment in time.
That "security blanket" never offered you much in the way of security to begin with. It was all a figment of your imagination, a hoax, a triumphant joke, that you were the "butt" of. But, no more!
No more laughing AT you only to hear them say that they are laughing WITH you. And since you weren't laughing at all, it wasn't funny anyway! Just a foolish attempt to insult your intelligence, disguised as humor.
So, step out of your "comfort" zone, expand your knowledge base, broaden those horizons and challenge yourself to be better than and not accepting of less than.
Step up to the plate, dive into that conversation and BEcome well versed in "Everything" that you never thought you could be or see yourself in.
Walk into that new layer of skin as if you just inserted the keys to your new home and you are about to walk through that door for the very first time, knowing that its all yours.
Supplement your achievements with additional accomplishments.
Learn something brand new today.
Purge what didn't work for you yesterday.
Give that "security blanket" your two week notice and resign from the false sense of worth that has been defined by others.
Yet instead, AUTHOR your own sense of worth that is defined by YOU.
Let no "Element" be uncomfortable anymore.
Smile when that highly touted opportunity decided to close it's door.
Don't wallow in pity, pick YOURSELF up off of the floor.
Don't turn a blind eye and a deaf ear (My Momma would say), choosing to simply ignore.
If the one in your neighborhood doesn't have it, then go to ANOTHER store.
Step out of your "Element," with every intent, to no longer be negligent, nor reticent, regardless of your predicament.
Smile in spite of and have a Blessed day ANYWAY!
As you begin to practice stepping out of your comfort zone, do REMEMBER that: "Even when you find yourself on the EXTERIOR of your "Element," you are still within the INTERIOR of GOD's Grace."
Now how's THAT for comfort? I can LIVE with that! And so should YOU!
Love and My Mother are My Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are My Motivation!
Love and My Mother are My Celebration!
Love and My Mother are My Dedication!
All the Best, All the Time!
Smile,
Corey
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