Stepping out of my Comfort Zone: It hurt! (literally!)

Words of Wisdom in this text

"If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough."
- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, 2011 Noble Peace Prize Winner

"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear."
- Mark Twain

"If you want something you never had, then you have to do something you've never done"

“Courage is like a muscle; it is strengthened by use.”
-Ruth Gordon
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I have a dream, a vision that scares me and the deadline is fast approaching! And its an opportunity that I just can't allow to pass by!

Some puzzles are in place to make this deadline but there is a huge piece that I do not have which will make this puzzle complete. One that I need another's help completing. One that may not be found with the help of family. One that most likely will have to be from a stranger's aid.
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It's one thing to contemplate an idea you've never achieved before; while your in your comfort zone (i.e. thinking while sitting on the couch is easy)

It's another thing to put it into action which takes you outside of your comfort zone (i.e. meticulous, mentally exhausting, test of persistence research; for ways to put your idea into action; additionally dropping pride and fear of asking for help in order to put your idea to life)

It's time for me to step out of my comfort zone but I find that it sure does HURT! Literally speaking! So much so that my spirit to succeed quickly shrinks away like a hand that has touched a HOT pot!

But just like a hand needs a glove to manage a hot pot so does my spirit needs word of empowerment to push forward and achieve. And one of the greatest words that pushes me to achieve are

"If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough."
-Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, 2011 Noble Peace Prize Winner
Oh man! This vision! This dream terrifies me! And I am excited to see that it is only a prerequisite towards an accomplish. So it gives me reason to believe that there is no reason for me to give in to the fear, but welcome it!! because my dreams are BIG. Dreams that are part of something bigger than myself. And with great trials come great tribulation!
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"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear." - Mark Twain

You have read that my dream, my vision terrifies me. My mind is further at ease by reading Mark Twains' words; that courage can be defined as the resistance of fear....the mastery of fear but not the absence of it! I repeat.......but not the absence of fear Amazing! I am now happy to be afraid! lol

It's the taming of fear, like one would tame a lion, that can get you far! That can place you in a state of accomplishment!

A tamed lion is still a wild lion! It is a nature - a deeply instilled nature - that is an inescapable characteristic of a lion; which can be contained to a certain degree by the control of the tamer. (Now that's terrifying! ~~~>)


So I too will tame my fear and it is only natural for it to want to reappear with full force just like a lion only knows how to attack with full force! But I now have the ability to contain it with enough control so that it influences action instead of influencing hesitation and inaction!
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I am off to do something I've never done before which will only strengthen my courage. Now I leave with excitement!

“Courage is like a muscle; it is strengthened by use.”
-Ruth Gordon

I pray this empowers you to do the same!
~Many Blessings~