The New Comfortable

We are certain we know our limitations. With the help of our critics, we have learned very well what we can do and what we cannot do. We have listened to the experts tell us what is possible given our race, our education, our heritage, our IQ, etc. We have listened to family and friends who didn't want to see us fail, so they told us to "face reality." All our lives we are told what we can't do.

I read a biography while on vacation last week, "Unbroken" - which is about Louie Zamperini, an American POW in the Pacific Theater. The story of what he was able to endure and accomplish was remarkable! Clearly, we don't know what the human soul is capable of accomplishing. Clearly we underestimate our limitations.

It is good to set goals in our lives. People who set goals, and write them down, are far more likely to achieve more than those that don't. But don't assume the goal is your limitation. It is not! As we push ourselves beyond our comfort zone, we create a new comfort zone. What was once frightening to consider becomes the new comfortable. But we should never remain comfortable for long. To remain comfortable is to settle for less than our potential.

To achieve what looks impossible, we have to bust out of the comfortable.