The path of most resistance
You know, sometimes we need to take the path of most resistance. It doesn’t matter whether it’s taking a risk by getting up the courage to start a business that has good chance of being successful, giving up what seems like a safety blanket by cutting up the credit cards, or cooking a meal at home instead of calling out for pizza. We just need to do it.
Many times the hardest thing to do is also the BEST thing to do in the long run. You become a successful businessperson, and learn things about yourself. You get out of debt, and begin building up savings. You stay in better health, and spend less money.
How do you know if something you’re resisting falls into this category? For me, I get this feeling in my gut. It’s almost like anxiety, but not quite. Maybe it’s more like a nagging feeling.
I just know that the more I resist doing something, the more likely it is that that is EXACTLY the thing I most need to do.
February 8th, 2008 at 8:44 pm
Oh my gosh… how true, how true! It is so warm and cozy in my comfort zone, that I tend to hang out there way too much. My soul tends to kick my behind if I’m in need of a little “shake things up.” I always seem to know intellectually… it’s the right thing to do, it’s just getting the rest of me to take action. It is so sweet when I do go for it though… I remember going back to school when I was forty. I was scared silly. What the heck was I thinking? This isn’t for me! I tried so hard to talk myself out of it, and it literally turned out to be one of the funnest things I had done in a long, long time.
Nice post… :-)
February 10th, 2008 at 8:06 am
Being in the comfort zone can be good from time to time but its the comfort zone because the same things happen over and over. There is no learning, no growth and no real opportunity. You have to go with the gut every now and then.