Week 20 – Please!!! Ask for my opinion!
I’m so glad you asked.
I feel like I have said this before… but here goes…I am having an eye-opener week.
The difference is I have an opinion this time. It’s this Comfort Zone thing.
When I really started to comprehend how negative emotions and situations define the paradigms of our lives everything else started to fall into place.
How elegantly simple!
This “Comfort Zone” is our space, mentally; spiritually…It’s where we live! Now that’s a premise I can visualize.
Here’s that opinion thing coming…Let’s imagine that we have our home and we are comfortable. Is that where we want live the rest of our lives? We have explored every corner, nook and cranny. Then one day we find a window. There’s something going on just outside our comfort zone! There’s a magnificent view that is sadly obstructed by the very walls that define the “Zone”.
But I like my comfort zone; it’s just not expansive enough. The light bulb comes on! Renovations are in order. I will make my comfort zone bigger to hold my dreams, goal: my Definite Major Purpose in life.
This week we are asked to take our negative thoughts and use them to build a positive. I love this home but it is too small for the person I intend to become. I am building additions to my comfort zone. I am expanding my square footage to encompass the life I envision.
So, in my opinion, I don’t need to leave my comfort zone. I simply need to get passed the negatives; the fear, guilt, unworthiness, hurt feelings and anger, plant my stake to where I am going to expand and get building. As with every renovation there are set backs and challenges but that does not deter us from our final goal. We do not stop the project just because we hit our thumb with the hammer or we dropped a nail on the floor.
So…whatever challenges and obstacles we face in our comfort zone renovations are merely inconveniences.
And the most wonderful aspect of this project is the scope of the expansion is infinite!
I guess I have to build a bridge and get over it!
Thank you for visiting. I am infinitely grateful for your comments and sharing.
Hey Walter! Love the architectural analogy. I’m up for a serious renovation. I’ll take the addition to the west wing. Let me know where you are working and I’ll do my best to assist! LFAS! Carolynn
Thanks, This week’s virtue for me is Decisiveness…I think 😉 HELP!
Great Walter, Would you say we expand our comfort zone, by expanding the love in our hearts?
Absolutely Greg! Love is the only way. You got It!
Great post Walter … I found myself taking a deep breathe deep to the belly , visualizing the expansion of your greater vision
Thank you, I love that the expansion of the vision is unlimited.
Walter….interesting how we have all been “Under Construction” this whole time. What we need to inventory is how big of a renovation are we ready to undertake. Is it a little paint and rearrange the furniture or do we need to pull permits, move walls, reconfigure where everything is all while staying within that “Comfort Zone”. This expansion project is going to make that comfort zone shine!! Shine On!!
I like the idea of expanding the comfort zone ; seems more positive!
thanks, pat
Don’t leave your comfort zone. Expand it. What a great idea. Thanks for the eye opener Walter.
Thank you for the comment. We are blessed to have not only the tools but the materials and blueprints for this project, Blessings