Outside My Comfort Zone

Grant it, I like my space, maybe too much.

Naturally an introvert, I prefer to draw a circle between me and everyone else, just to be sure that no one will step into my space.

The only problem is that outside my comfort zone is where true change happens.

I’m faced with a choice, one that I would rather not have to make.

Stay inside my comfort zone and don’t grow.

Or step outside (gasp!) of it and learn how to grow.

Flesh vs. Spirit

Oh.

What a choice.

And what makes it a little harder to avoid is that one choice feeds the flesh, while the other feeds the spirit.

I know what I MUST do, but I also know what I WANT to do and they rarely agree with each other.

As tough as it is to swallow, I have to admit, that I usually choose the flesh and stay within my comfort zone.

I don’t like being in unfamiliar territory.

Neither does my flesh.

On the other hand, always appealing to my flesh gets boring and even inconvenient.

It never stops nagging me.

My only other option is to walk in the spirit, but that means stepping outside my comfort one and doing something unfamiliar.

Always Moving

Although I’d like to think that I’m stationary when I’m inside my comfort zone, it really isn’t so.

If I’m not moving forward with positive change, more than likely, I am moving backwards with negative change.

If I choose to please my flesh, I am moving backwards, not forward.

That’s hard to swallow.

And it seems like a tough choice, either move backwards and slip into more problems, or move forward and meet new problems.

Either way, I guess, problems are a fact of life.

When I decide to go with my flesh, at least I know the problems I’m dealing with, however, they’re starting to get on my nerves.

I think it’s time to move forward.

The Unknown

I’m almost scared to move forward.

I don’t know what’s out there.

I think of a lot of what ifs and then I start to worry.

I don’t like the unknown; it’s outside my comfort zone.

This is where I am supposed to trust, but because I’ve been feeding my flesh (by staying inside my comfort zone), I am a little rusty on practicing trust.

I want to change.

I want to be better.

I just don’t know how.

I think it would be better if I wait until I know before I step outside my comfort zone, but that’s not how it works.

This is like taking a step of faith.

Trust.

Yikes!

A Choice

Every day I’m faced with the same choice: stay inside my comfort zone or step outside it.

Every day I’m toying with the idea that I could feed my flesh and stay inside my comfort zone one more day.

Every day I notice that I need to make changes in my life.

Every day I am faced with a choice.

Do I trust and take a step outside my comfort zone?

Will it be a good choice?

Will things change fast?

Will life get easier?

I won’t know until I make that choice.

Amazing Things Happen

There are people around me who choose to step outside their comfort zone.

I watch and wait to see what happens.

It’s rocky at first, as they learn how to do something new.

They make mistakes.

They keep trying and then amazing things happen to them.

Their lives change.

They grow and so does their comfort zone.

That is amazing to see.

I want my comfort zone to expand, but I was hoping it would expand before I step out.

Couldn’t I have the amazing things without all the effort?

Not likely.

Where To Start?

Where do I start?

How do I start?

What should I start with?

Oh!

You want me to do that?!

That’s uncomfortable for me.

I don’t think so…

Wait!

I change my mind.

I am willing to give it a try.

I am willing to step outside my comfort zone.

If I am going to grow, I’m going to choose to step outside my comfort zone.