How will you know your value if you do not take the first step?

We live in a world that constantly wants us to prove our capabilities and that can be tiring at times, and it is more tiring when we are not congruent with our purposes and ourselves. We are constantly faced with endless challenges that we must overcome either to be better people or to move to the next level. Each of us is responsible for ourselves and that is the truth we need to embrace and the sooner we embrace it, the more we will know what we are capable of because we will know that only we can get ourselves to where we need to be. How will you know your value if you do not take the first step?

Does comfort blur the lines?

Indeed, how will we know our capabilities and worth if we do not take the first step? I was recently faced with an encounter that made me realize that my comfort level in what was, was abnormally too high. I was in a comfortable state that threatened my growth and I was unaware of that. I guess that is what comfort does hey, it blinds us from seeing and realizing our capabilities. Comfort loves company, it thrives in keeping us locked in what we call “I know how this works”, simply because it requires no more effort than what we put in when we first did whatever we are now comfortable with. Is “comfort zone” all that comfortable? Ponder on all the things you used to be uncomfortable doing initially, and now they have become your second nature. How will you know your value if you do not take the first step?

What are you surrounded by?

So, just like any other unpleasant encounter, one is rather encouraged to do something about it, and I did just that. I took the step, and I am on that journey as we speak. In my previous post, I wrote about being in the prime of yourself. Being at the prime of yourself requires you to be on a constant lookout for the things which will make you a better person and also, requires you to be aware of the things which bring you down. Are you aware of these things? Which of these things (things that make you better and things that bring you down) do you find yourself mostly surrounded by? Which of these things influence your life?  How will you know your value if you do not take the first step of finding out?

I do not think we need to wait for unpleasant encounters for us to forsake our comfort zones, we can do so because we also want to grow or be different people. So, at any point, we can take the first step because we want to know our value.

Reflections

How would you reflect on this?

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