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Welcome, come in and sit down. Make yourself uncomfortable.Have you ever greeted a guest at your door that way? I haventeither, but maybe we should consider doing so. We usually wantour guests to be comfortable. But offering discomfort might bea better gift. Why?Personal growth comes when we push through discomfort. Some saylife begins at the end of our comfort zone. Yet think of thetime and energy we spend keeping our loved ones and ourselvescomfortable. I know I often expend my energy to stay in mycomfort zone. At home and work I resist change. Eating thesame foods, going to the same restaurants, using the sameservices and businesses, and associating with the same people,all these keep us feeling comfortable.But with hindsight I recognize that the major leaps of growthin my life always followed periods of discomfort. Familiarsurroundings and situations allow us to live in a sort ofautopilot mode. Do you take the same route to work every day?Have you ever realized half way there that you dont recallgetting where you are? You just navigated a familiar route withlittle conscious effort.Think about this, which situation do you associate withadventure--the routine or the new and unknown. Which do we callboring--endless repetition of that which we always do ortrying something weve never done before. In the last momentsbefore this life ends do you want to think of your life asboring and repetitious or an exciting adventure?Now Im not suggesting that our lives should be one constantadventure. The routine, the known, helps us to complete ourdaily tasks with minimal energy output. Calmness and quiet areconducive to meditation and introspection, important to ourunderstanding. But living full time in a comfort zone equatesto a life with little growth and growth is why were here.So dont always strive to be comfortable. And dont work hardto keep your loved ones feeling comfortable. Strive instead forsome regular discomfort in your life. Think of it as a steppingstone to joy. Why? Well, we know we feel joyous when we behaveas who we really are; this is our soul shouting encouragement.And who we really are is, for most of us, not who we are beingmuch of the time. Most of us are operating below our highestself. So were comfortable at our current level because itsfamiliar. But joy comes when were being our highest self. Thetransition in between, a necessary stepping stone, isuncomfortable. Were out of the familiar, but not yet at thejoyous level of highest self. Welcome that feeling ofdiscomfort as an opportunity to advance your life. Take thenext steps to joy.
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