Beyond the Comfort Zone!

Every day is a new challenge we come across, a trouble we overcome and a million smiles we share after the dark times are over. We choose hiding over sharing sorrows because sometimes, we aren't ready for the rest to know that we are weak. We can’t accept the fact that it’s easier to be weaker and accept our flaws. And somehow, we let these blemishes grow upon us. We start assuming that our imperfections are bigger than us and let ourselves accept whatever we get. We slowly end up being okay with everything average we receive instead of working hard or changing ourselves for what we deserve. That is the perfect time to come out of the zone, the Comfort Zone.

As kids, most of us have been fortunate to be brought up in the lap of luxury. Even if it wasn't really a need, our parents took care of everything we wanted or demanded. Life was easier back then, we all say that. But have you questioned yourself whether when did it start to change? Was it the morose moment back in kindergarten when you were left in a new world with new people to adjust with or was it high school and college when you altered at a greater speed than the environment? We felt alienated from our own people, the ones we could be comfortable with and suddenly we were lost on an island with no instructions given!

That’s when the struggle began. Change was a struggle, the foremost element that made things seem differently and alien to us. And then came people and the environment. Somehow, we kept ourselves in a cocoon and nobody let us get out of it. But it was us! We feared the outside, the unknown and we were too adamant to even peep outside our little protective shield. Slowly, we adapted to the things we loved and chose to stay in our cocoon. We widened the girth of our comfort zone; we widened the parameters where everything was easy and only did things we loved.

Little did we know, there was a completely different world awaiting us! For long, we were sheltered in our nests and suddenly, we were asked to fly and that moment was SCARY. You cannot just take up an adventure without taking a dip into the water. We feared the pressure yet somehow tried to experiment with the new. Or wait, did we? I’m talking about the time, this moment, right now!

Some of us aren't used to being challenged by our lives. For long, we have survived and somehow, we have started accepting survival instead of rising above; so much that we don’t even realize our potential. Nobody came up trained for life, we all learnt with experiences, good and bad. We grew with these experiments we did with ourselves and now, we are fighting the biggest battle. We are trying to defeat nobody but ourselves, the lazy, fearful, cautious part of us that the world sees. But beyond that, lies a different person.

Just because we haven’t been put on stake, we nowhere lack behind our competitors. We are experimenting, trying to discover ourselves and the new horizons life has ahead for us. It’s time to rise above the okay level and the acceptance of everything being just okay. Stretch yourself a bit to reach where many can only dream to be, for it isn't killing you but only making you stronger! Beyond the Comfort Zone, lies a new world you are yet to discover and a new You, you are yet to meet! So even when you are free-falling, try giving it a try; you never know there might be a trampoline down there!