Comfortable?
Are you comfortable with the way things are in your life or the way you are today?
Are you really doing what you imagined you would be doing? say a few years ago?
I am always thinking about these questions and always planning in my mind what I should be doing to make my life a little better. I am sure everyone does that in his or her own way. But often times we get too comfortable in the way things are. We adapt and adjust and try to make everyone around us happy and avoid criticisms and go though days and nights as if nothing is wrong in our lives. And if someone asks, ‘how are you?’, our quick response usually is ‘great, thanks’ with a smile. But the real question is, Is that how we feel on the inside?
I think most people train themselves to be comfortable with their daily routines. Because learning something new and doing something different would mean you are trying to change things. Change is usually not very comforting for many!! Changing something might upset someone in your life, and others around you might start feeling threatened or may even try to oppose you until you stop.
So in order to achieve our dreams and be content (not just happy), I think it is almost necessary that we do something to become uncomfortable.
What are your thoughts? Would you rather stay comfortable in your current situation or go through difficulties now to ultimately fulfill your dreams?
I did for a long time and just vegetated then i woke up and it has been interesting
When you just sit around and do what you think is comfortable you stop living. It is nice on a Sunday afternoon BUT this would is big, go live in it. Enjoy the hell out of it before you can’t. That is my motto and what I teach all that I come in contact with.
hi Pearl
hmmmm very interesting
I am going to quote two great writers that sum up my feelings on being comfortable and uncomfortable…..the two are intertwined for me …..as an artist….you are constantly changing….taking risks and stepping over the edge…..otherwise you would never pick up a brush…
Nietzsche’s words
“What does not kill me, makes me stronger.”
and “He who has a why to live for can bear with almost any how.”
and the words of Viktor Frankl
“It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life—daily and hourly. Our answer must consist, not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual.”
great post….I agree!
thats true Peter - it can really become vegetative state if we don’t do anything about it! there is so much to explore!
Good thinking Bowrag.. before it is too late
Those are some nice quotes and thoughts Kim.. yes, it is all about finding the right answers to all the problems - easier said than done I believe.. but you are living it I know .. with your profession, one cannot afford to not learn your subjects .. wish more of us could be like you
thank you for commenting Kim - i hope you were able to get in touch with your friend!! let us know
keylee.. thanks.:)
Howdy Pearl ! Hey Fellas !
Well, this is a profound issue.
Too many people live also with an obsession for change and are often led to pointless perpetual movement… And permanent insecurity.
I guess, or maybe know, that change isn’t all desirable.
Anyway, this post of yours is a great tentative exploration of the spaces in-between… Very thought provoking. Thanx for sharing.
BTW Pearl. great new, new blog layout. This one highlights contents very, very nicely. So pro. I mean it. Superb job. Too bad you had this database incident. Interesting observations looks awesome (and IS awesome, you already know that
). Happy bloggin’ my Dear.
I would like to know that if I am going to rattle my life then the change is a positive step in the right direction. It’s tough in this day and age of downsizing and mergers to have that upward movement available as a reward for effort and pain.
@Mark - great to see you here! I agree we don’t have to change merely for the sake of change…. but I believe often times we become complacent and not realize we could be so much more, and accomplish things that we once dreamed of! but for various reasons, just cannot take that plunge!
are we disagreeing? AGAIN??
I am glad you like the template… yes, db loss? that was a bit nerve wrecking to say the least…. but you know what? I did tell myself, if its all gone, to heck with it, i’ll start again 
I am glad you finally like those ‘Interesting Observations’ lol..
@Jen - you are right - change has to be in positive direction… of course
otherwise whats the point… but sometimes we are held back for fear of unknowns - there are no guarantees in life and i feel we hold ourselves back from a lot of the fears that may never materialize… don’t you think?
Hey Pearl - Definitely love the new look, very clean and, of course, colorful! It all adds up to a very inviting site…a place you want to come to just to chill…and think!
Rather profound, though not unexpectedly so, thoughts you’ve expressed here. The part that resonated the most with me…”I think it is almost necessary that we do something to become uncomfortable.”
I seem to be living that very concept right now…
hey Tom - I am really glad you like the template… Like you said, its an ongoing project and I am so glad its sort of forcing me to learn things I always wanted to…
and I am really flattered by all that you said here =)
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