Get Uncomfortable

Seeking comfort is as human as human gets. Unfortunately this brain pattern of ours, this undeniable lust for regularity of the every day, the unconscious desire for the mainstay, the common, the predictable, puts us in a place of stability, soothing, boring, and ho-hum-diddly-dum.

Seeking comfort is a pattern. It's good for some things.... It provides us with safety and security which are important for our development into adults.  But once we are adult-ing, comfort can breed unfulfilled feelings, lack of invigoration, and no motivation. 

Consider what happens when we allow uncomfortable (un-comfort) into our lives.  Feeling uncomfortable allows us to move closer to a fear, to move through a fear, and to emerge renewed and refreshed. Allowing the feeling of uncomfortable leads us to a place of adventure, of fulfillment, a journey, a quest, a soul-fulfilling epic, vibrancy, satisfaction, and ultimately peace.

And peace really is the quest, isn't it? I mean, we all say we want happiness but happiness is temporary. Peace can be always. Peace is always, if we let it. I can feel peace even when I am sad. Peace is what most of long for when we really get honest with ourselves and our lives.

I challenge you to get uncomfortable today. Strike up a conversation with a stranger, go sky diving, skip instead of walk, be vulnerable, workout past that comfort zone, be completely honest, show kindness to someone you do not like, don't eat that food that will temporality bring you distraction and sedation, take that first action that is going to move you closer to your delight, your wonder, your joy. 

Get uncomfortable and get ready to live the life you have desired all along.