Comfort Zone Sabatoge

You know, sometimes you've just got to muster up the courage to step out of your comfort zone. Why, without taking that leap, you will never leave your lily pad!!!

There are times when I can be very shy, reserved, and just plain boring. And, I've read various cute email stories about "older" women who have reached that point in their lives where it just doesn't matter about certain things...things that the youth of today fret and anguish over...which, happen to be the same things we "older" women did when we were their age!!! But today I stepped out of my "comfort zone" and it turned out to be a good thing... yes!

Over that last few years, I've learned to "say what you need to say" instead of keeping things inside....and that is alright! I've learned to go ahead and ask certain questions, even if the answer may be no. I've learned that sometimes I have to make the first move if anything is going to happen...and that is okay! I've learned to be comfortable in my own skin...even if the skin is bigger than it should be (I am still the same person inside). There are many other things I've learned in my older age, but don't need to go into detail in this blog!

My thought today is, at some point in your life, you need to reach beyond what is comfortable...no matter what the outcome may be. You will never know if it will be a positive or negative experience, or a yes or a no!

I like the words to John Mayer's song "Say What You Need to Say"....some are excerpted below:

"Walkin' like a one man army

Fightin' with the shadows in your head

Livin' up the same old moment

Knowing' you'd be better off instead

If you could only

Say what you need to say ...

Have no fear for givin' in

Have no fear for givin' over

You better know that in the end

It's better to say too much

Than to never say what you need to say again

Say what you need to say...

Even if your hands are shakin'

And your faith is broken

Even as the eyes are closin'

Do it with a heart wide open

A wide heart

Say what you need to say...

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