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Every day should bring things that are hard for you to do. Every day I should do things that scare me, even if it’s just a little. Every day I should poke the edges of my comfort zone.
Man is the only creature on the planet that limits
his growth on purpose. A tree will grow as tall as it can given the resources
it has available. It will continue to grow until it can’t grow anymore and then
it will begin to die.
Yet we humans purposefully put limits on our growth.
We stop learning new things. We eat food that is not going to assist our
health. We stopped moving. We stop doing the things that, for millennia, have
made us human.
Your growth isn’t limited to any one area. You aren’t
just a body, a mind, or an emotion. Some of the most fabled people in our
history faced adversities that many other people let beat them. Stephen Hawking
comes to mind. Helen Keller is another. They faced adversity and managed to
contribute to our collective growth as a human society. They faced hard things
and moved forward.
You have an opportunity today to do something that
scares you, even if just a little. Perhaps it is a hard conversation or picking
up a heavier weight than normal. Whatever it is you need to get out of your comfort
zone and into your growth zone.
The easy path is rarely the most rewarding one. We
are often exhorted to “take the path of least resistance.” Yet the most
stunning views lie at the ends of the most grueling paths.
John Mariotti
www.sunday-stories.blogspot.com
775-338-2412
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