Comfort – A word which I closely seen in mirage along with happiness and essence of life, sometimes :)
Somewhere down the lane, I knew, to infiltrate my nest of comfort, to get me out of that and to respin my dreams & its sensations, is a big required leap for me at this junction of life! A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval. So finally after some tussle between hesitation & curiosity, I got the required courage to go on and read this….. I started inhaling thinking, “What’s the harm, after all, my heart will continue to have a greater say whether I follow this or not!!”
Comfort has never been on the other side of the journey as I can see now after reading this article. Loved the line - "Embrace the discomfort... Find the courage to fail". If you have ever felt, in any tough journey, its either to negotiate with circumstances or get shelter in whatever little pieces of comfort in our own space. This illusive tiny creature “comfort”, I felt, shield us temporarily from reality, make us weak and somewhere down inside, develops a deep sense of fear and discourage. Inspite of that, this form of comfort is a lonely addiction because this is what kept us away from ruthlessness of life every now and then. To ask you, how many of us buy the fact of enduring the “discomfort” for living our dreams? Suddenly, comfort and reality seems opposite poles.
And before I could engulf in this word as my alter-ego, I had this article in my inbox to read!!
Allow me to admit please, directly-indirectly, exposure to any such blog is like a dominance check of my heart over my mind, which till this age, I have challenged and avoided to an extent.
From Beyond Limits:
Well, not exactly!! The damage has been started lately, only to find that this article is rightly covered under magazine – “Beyond Limits”.
Comfort has never been on the other side of the journey as I can see now after reading this article. Loved the line - "Embrace the discomfort... Find the courage to fail". If you have ever felt, in any tough journey, its either to negotiate with circumstances or get shelter in whatever little pieces of comfort in our own space. This illusive tiny creature “comfort”, I felt, shield us temporarily from reality, make us weak and somewhere down inside, develops a deep sense of fear and discourage. Inspite of that, this form of comfort is a lonely addiction because this is what kept us away from ruthlessness of life every now and then. To ask you, how many of us buy the fact of enduring the “discomfort” for living our dreams? Suddenly, comfort and reality seems opposite poles.
As Billy Graham quoted - “Comfort and prosperity have never enriched the world as much as adversity has.”, it reminds me of my mail signature - "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So..... ". One of my friends Jayesh, always rationalize the need of feeling pain in gym by his favorite quotation:“No Pain, No gain..”.
And with these complementing words, the article left its footprints both in my heart and mind with questions – “Can you embrace discomfort with a joy to live the life you have imagined? Can you mark the year to stretch beyond the limits? Can you face any failure with required courage?"
"So, is it a beginning of the rainbow ???? A wake up call to claim my birth right?" I asked myself. Hummm.......….
Slowly & gently, I begin to exhale now, with a new smile...............................................…
