The Blessing Outside My Comfort Zone

I was listening to the radio yesterday and one of the guests on one of the shows I listened to talked about the blessing outside a comfort zone. What an interesting thought. I spent some time pondering this. 

I will say upfront that I am introvert, although I somehow stumbled into professions that required me to behave as an extorvert. I practiced law for about 27 years. I am now a life coach, an intuitive and an author. I somewhat regulary appear on radio shows and a local cable show in Manchester, NH. 

I know that I was not comfortable at the beginning stages of any of these at having to put myself "out there." Interestingly, I think my court room experience, such as it was, including 3 or 4 appearances in Appellate Court, made it a bit easier to be a guest on shows. If I could face up to other lawyers and judges, well I can look into a camera without falling apart. 

By moving physical locations and changing what I do for professions has meant moving outside my comfort zone, moving through whatever mental limitations or wall that I have built. It has meant playing at that fuzzy place where there is no edge between me and the universe, but yet where there is an edge. Sometimes running back behind the edge, sometimes dipping a toe or a whole foot through the gate in the wall. 

I would have remained miserable if I had stayed longer in the last full time job that I had. I would not know many of the people I now know and cherish if I had not moved to Massachusetts and then Vermont.

I may very well have not written my book. I most likely would not have delved as deeply into the metaphysical side of my life. I have a number of cherished clients that I would not have come in contact with and helped. 

All of this most likely would not have happened if I had not stepped outside my comfort zone. It has been scary at times, but overall has been a blessing. I hope that you can find the blessing outside your comfort zone. 



The top picture is one I took at Dun Aengus on Inis Mor, Ireland in 2004. The others are meditation images from my book, Opening the Heart: Meditations on How to Be (here).