A Comfort Zone Requires Commitment To Self-Love
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What we call a comfort zone may be bringing us anything but comfort.
We consciously seek out those things that bring us comfort. It’s reasonable to want to be at ease and whole. There is absolutely nothing wrong with wanting the comforts this life has to offer. However, problems develop when we choose to pacify ourselves instead of continuing to grow and evolve. We get stuck and refuse change, and we may tend to undermine our wellness with less than beneficial indulgences.
There are sugary concoctions of all kinds to satisfy our sweet palate and make us feel better if even for a fleeting moment. The entertainment machine is always there, and on customized demand to distract us from what needs our attention. We don’t have to physically get up off our seats. We only need to engage our hands and press buttons to open our blinds, set our home temperature thermostats, turn on our vehicle engines, do some shopping, and so on.
We’ve become lost in the endless choices available to pacify the effects of our disconnection with what is real.
In the meanwhile, our Soul may be crying out with unresolved physical symptoms.
People tend to ignore what they’re uncomfortable facing. It’s a programmed reaction we usually inherited as children. Candy or toys are often used to calm kids’ tempers, so as adults, we react in the same way when we’re upset. We reach out for something to appease our discomfort when we’d be better off asking why we feel the way we do. We’ve become accustomed to quickly soothing our unease instead of correcting our behaviour or increasing our flexibility.
Is it any wonder we end up stuck in what we perceive as our comfort zone? Sadly, though, we may not be in a comfort zone. We could be in a zone of denial at the deepest level. It’s like the slow death of Soul, when we’ve lost the anticipation we should feel towards life. After all, it is life that is the greatest gift meant to be lived to its fullest. If we forget this basic fundamental fact, life will find a way to turn our attention back to this core awareness until we get it or transition. This is the reason why similar scenarios play out time after time.
Each new day brings an opportunity to let go of the routines we’re camouflaged in, and move past the comfort zones we’ve designed to let us keep appeasing our pain. It is not outside of us we’ll find what we need to heal and feel whole again.
It’s inside each of us this peaceful place, perhaps we knew as children, the zone of Soul essence. This is the comfort zone we need to nurture and remain in. It is where our true self resides—deep within—waiting for new experiences in self-love and evolution. It does require our commitment, especially if it’s not where we’ve been most of our lives.
We are responsible for much of what happens to us on one level or another, and tending to our comfort is an ongoing commitment.
When we return and are able to reside in the real comfort zone of our own wellness and happiness, we’ll be able to let go and trust the flow of life, We’ll have expanded our awareness and compassion to understanding that true freedom happens when we are in self-love, and we’ll welcome the responsibilities that go with it. There will be no need for pacification.
Our focus should always be on maintaining a comfort level that’s in alignment with self-love, growth, evolution, and living a soulful life.