A thought

It's funny how life can be at times.  A few years ago I read a book by Hannah Hurnard titled "Hinds Feet on High Places".  This book is not your typical type of book. It's allegory, meaning the characters in the story are rather symbolic.  There is a story line and it is easy to follow but like I said it's not your typical book/ story.
In the book the main character comes to the point in her life where she has to make a decision about what she is going to do with her life.  The decision that she makes isn't an easy one and once she makes it, there is opposition.  Which is quite common when we make a decision in life that will change it for the better.  As time has gone by I have thought about this book on numerous occasions, because at times I find myself being in the same type of predicament and the main character, in the story.   Sometimes I wonder if I will take the bull by the horns, as the saying goes, dig in deep and do what I need to do so I can be happier and be more fulfilled.  I do know that I need to be pushed at times in order to get going, otherwise not much will get done. Sometimes the pushing has to come from the people around me. At times this can be helpful but it can also be frustrating because I wonder why I couldn't have done it myself in the first place. Instead of having some come from the outside and be plunger, like in a pinball machine.  I do know that getting pushed is apart of life and something that we all must go through at some point. I just hope that after this transition I'm going through that I will be able to push myself and not have to be concerned about others having to push to get going.

Sidenote: Hinds Feet on High Places by Hannah Hurnard is available at any bookstore and on amazon.com.
In case you're interested in reading it.

Being comfortable vs. being uncomfortable

Life is full of choices and decisions that we make everyday. Regardless if it's simple as what to eat to breakfast to complicated decisions as whether to quit a job and start a business or whether to have children or not. Some decisions we make take a little thought and some take some contemplating and serious thinking.
Each decision we make can have a positive effect in our lives and help us to get where we want to go or it can have a negative effect and take us on a path that we don't want to go on and end up experiencing things we could've avoided.

One of the toughest decisions that we all  come to the point of making is getting out of our comfort zone, it's a decision that we all have to make and no one can make for us. People can encourage us and advise us on what to do but ultimately the decision is up to us, even God can't make the decision for us, He is not going to force or make you, because that would be violating your will.  When we come to this decision we have a couple of choices, either stay right where we are and do nothing and deal with the consequences of not doing to anything, which can be a good thing or bad thing.  Sometimes we need to stay put for a while because we may still need to grow and mature so we can handle the journey to our goal. However, it can be a huge mistake to stay in our comfort zone and do nothing, because life waits for no one. Life will pass you by and keep moving and before you know it you will wonder where the time went.   Now I will admit getting out of your comfort zone isn't easy. It's a process that does take time but it will be worth it in the end when you get to where it is that you want to go.
In the movie the Matrix Keanu Reeves' character Neo was presented with a choice to make given by Morphius played by Lawrence Fishbourne.  Either he, Neo, "take the red pill and see how deep the rabbit hole goes or take the blue pill and the story ends and (Neo) returns to his bed and he could believe whatever he wanted to do believe. "

The decision was up to Neo and what he wanted to. Either find out the answers to his questions that he had been wondering about for some time or return to his everyday life and be left wondering about the answers to his questions.   We all have opportunities to take either the red pill and get a chance to reach our goals or take the blue pill and possibly end up living with the coulda, shoulda and wouldas.  It's up to us as individuals.

 Once you make the decision to step out you will be amazed at who will come your way and help encourage you, push you, be there to comfort you, and guide you. In addition, you will have also have people in your life who will  to do the opposite, they will try to discourage you, will talk about you and even try to talk you out of it. But you have to ignore those folks and listen to that inner voice that's encouraging you and pushing you to keep moving forward.  Just like people trust their GPS when they are driving to an unfamiliar destination. When you are headed to your goal you will most likely not know where you're going or how to do get there and that's okay. There will be people who will come in your life that will experience and will know just what to do. They will show how to get to where you need to go,  no one goes at it alone we all need people in our lives to guide, advise us and be the GPS in our lives.



Everyone has an opportunity to make themselves become better, the question is are you willing to go through the process of becoming better? With the opportunity that comes your way will take advantage of it or let it pass you by?  Are you going to take the red pill and found what's in store for you or are you going to stay in your comfort zone and not make your dreams come true.

Will you  get in the car and drive to your destination that was meant for you or not?  Are you keeping yourself in your comfort zone? Sometimes we are our own worst enemy as well we can be our own best friend.







I will conclude with this you can do whatever it is that you set your mind to, you may have to ask for help, your may have to cry, pray, get mad and determined to reach your goals and be all that God wants you to be  or not.  One final question to ask yourself: is the pain of staying the same and staying comfortable outweighing the pain of not being the same and being uncomfortable?

Words of Wisdom

When listening to advise from a friend, a close family member or from a book ect... Ask yourself are you really listening to what is being said to you or are you letting it go in one and out the other, thinking about it and then later deciding that it isn't for you or are you allowing the influence of others opinions talk you out of it?  We all have a choice when listening to words of wisdom, and truth.  We can either reject it, pay a little attention to it and later ignore it, or allow other people to talk us out of it, or we can really listen and take heed to what is being said to us and work to apply it in our lives.

We all have these choices to make, no one can make it for us. It's up to us to decide whether we choose to listen to the adivise, pay paritial attention, not pay attention at all or allow the influence of others or life itself to keep us from receiving wisdom.  

The choice is up to you.

Either you can like a desert and be obstinate and not listen at all.

Listen to advise more often and then not.

Allow people and life to get in the way of your progress

Listen to advise and wisdom and grow and mature.

This is something that we all have to work on including myself but hopefully this will give some food for thought.