I just love this quote by Brene Brown.
Comfort can be decoded as looking for certainty in your situation. That ability to be able to predict or anticipate what is going to happen next. This can look like routine and structure; basically it’s familiarity. The known. And there is safety in the known.
Courage is always needed during times of uncertainty. Courage; by definition is the ability to do something that frightens you. You can see why the two cannot coexist simultaneously. Comfort cannot cohabit a situation where there is fear; but courage can. In order for us to grow and learn; we need to be doing things that make us scared.
This quote is such a great reminder of two things for me:
1. We get to choose what we need: We are in control of that. And neither is right or wrong. There are times in your life where you get to choose whether or not you need to focus on comfort or whether you need to put yourself out into something a little more risky, new, different or challenging.
2. There are consequences to our choices and we need to own that. So in times of comfort (and sometimes this can result in boredom) we need to know that we can change the circumstances and step out into something new and different. Conversely in times of discomfort, we can be sure that with the discomfort comes growth and the growth comes from the courage we have to muster to master the situation that we are in.
In order to live a full and healthy life we must be able to achieve seasons in both comfort and courage. It’s not healthy to dwell in either for too long.
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