Is your life too comfortable? Are you moving into the ‘complacent’ stage? Have you stopped stretching yourself? The lack of ‘stretching’ is typically the best sign that you have succumbed to what is known, what is liked or enjoyed, and you are in an unruffle-able place. Is this really what you want? Ignoring those people, issues that would require you to act, perhaps in an uncomfortable situation, is this who you are or what you want? And yes, I’ve asked this question before. It typically is one we ask ourselves, or should, occasionally.
I have heard the ‘explanation’ by someone, that their ‘comfortable times’ were regrouping and refreshing times. I suspect some credence could be accorded this view… depending on the length of time in those places and times and then the subsequent behavior. Undeniably, everyone needs times of refreshing, of regrouping, of regeneration in order to once again enter into the fray (Webster: a usually disorderly or protracted fight, struggle, or dispute). It is illogical to go into battle (even if only a skirmish) if we are tired or ill equipped.
I’m not talking about regrouping and refreshing, I’m talking about not growing and not embracing our day and our world – a kind of snuggling in to where and who we are. We all tend to (fall into?) times of rose colored glasses viewing, but this only causes mistakes that need not happen. If we are doing the rose color thing, why? And yes, I do know I’ve talked about this ‘state’ before, but it is important that we not attempt to delude (or excuse) ourselves. If this is what we’re doing (escape, denial) then we need to be honest with about this and decide what we will do next.
Absolutely! We all need times of comfortable-ness. We need to regroup or refresh or do whatever is necessary to catch our breaths before moving on, but we don’t need to reside there. We live in a hurting world that needs who we are as a visible example. If we are ‘too tired’ then take the time to refresh but also take the time to determine what you can do after this interlude. We have not been put into this world to ‘be comfortable’ but to be salt and light. Remember, you are not doing the fighting from your own strength. You have a partner in this who will strengthen you to do and be all that is asked of you.
