Comfort zone; A wasteland.
Comfort zone, according to Wikipedia, is a psychological state in which things feel familiar to a person and they are at ease and in control of their environment. Brene Brown, A public speaker and Author described it as a state where our uncertainty, scarcity, and vulnerability are minimized. Our comfort zone is where we believe we have adequate protection, love, food and shelter. But no matter how good our comfort zone feels, it’s a potential wasteland.
Human mind is fashioned in such a way that it tends to hold on to wherever or whatever gives it comfort. It’s a kind of contention that keep us from moving forward, from exploring more. we seems to be contented with the status quo and there is no force pushing us from trying something new. Go-getters does not stay long in their comfort zone, they move out constantly to lubricate their God given potentials. Staying too much in a comfort zone often let us forget how unique we are, how we can cope with difficulties and how far we can go. Imagine a finely built boat that is docked in the harbor to preserve its finery, the owner will never discover how great the boat his, he will never discover new horizon with it. This is a direct implication staying in comfort zone can have on you. Great achievers do not stay in their comfort zone waiting for things to happen to them, they go out into the life full of scorching sun and beating rains, hot summer and cold winter, they leave their comfort zone to make things happen.
You are a raw product of God’s greatness, He gave you the chance to live it or not, you are a crude, unprocessed material and you need the challenges out there to bring out your potentials. When gold, diamonds, silver are still in their ores, you cannot see the greatness in them, you only know their potential from previous elements of their make. It is after they have been passed through hot blazing furnace that you see how awesome it is. That is what staying in comfort zone does for you. It subdues the greatness in you. Though leaving your comfort zone requires courage and a great deal of sense of purpose, it is the only way the best in you can be illuminated. If you do not go out there and face the vicissitudes of life, you will never know your how great you are. Your comfort zone is a wasteland, a desert where your potentials will never get the resources to grow. The earlier you leave the comfort of your mind and explore your God-given potentials, the better for your personal improvement. It won’t be pleasant out there, you will have to fight for your place, life doesn’t promise you anything, never expect anything from life, it doesn’t promise you a standard living, don’t blame your circumstances, dare to dream and pursue it. Do not fear failures, you only fail when you don’t try.