The comfort zone is where most people live most of the time. Have you ever wondered why it is so difficult to change and pursue your dreams? Part of the answer lies in the unrecognized control of your unconscious mind.
The comfort zone is where we feel comfortable. Many forces in life including our unconscious mind want to discourage and prevent us from leaving our comfort zones. Self-actualization is limited by remaining in a comfort zone.
Karen from Live the Power had a wonderful quote from Peter McWilliams in her blog, Breaking Out Of Comfort Zones. Peter put in perspective relationship between living one's dreams and living in a comfort zone. What did he say?
This is what Peter had to say: "To the degree we are not living our dreams, our comfort zones have more control over us then we have over ourselves".
Why do we give up our dreams and remain in our comfort zone. I believe we remain in our comfort zones, because remaining in our comfort zones provides us with the benefits of success. Where most people are comfortable, is where they are existing. They remain in their comfort zone, because they feel happy, peace of mind, free and control of their lives when they're in their comfort zone.
They may have goals to self actualize and pursue dreams. If these dreams and goals make them stretch too much and leave the comfort of their comfort zones, their goals and dreams die.
It seems unfair and wrong. Doing something right feels wrong initially and takes away the benefits of success.
Self-actualizing and leaving one's comfort zones in the pursuit of dreams offers so much more success, happiness, peace of mind, freedom, and control over people's lives.
Once again living in the present without goals and dreams makes us become entrenched and live a life of familiarity, commonality and mediocrity. We stop growing, actualizing and pursuing dreams. We bask in the sunlight of past successes and stagnate, while lulled to sleep with feelings of happiness, peace of mind, freedom and control of your life.
Take the plunge, pursue your dreams. Establish a new confort zone in the land of your dreams.
Remenber, You Live Within the Environment Created by Your Choices!
Dr. Hal
Live and Mental Fitness Coach
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