Leaving your comfort zone according to Fred Shoemaker
Wednesday, June 27th, 2007“We live in a society in which the pursuit of comfort–and the avoidance of discomfort–is deemed a most valuable goal. But is comfort really what we want? One of the most meaningful things that my mother ever said to me was ‘I don’t want to be comfortable, I want to be fully alive.” She was seventy years old when she said that.
Comfort and complete aliveness don’t always go together. Learning and growth require a willingness to explore and take risks, which often leads to an initial feeling of discomfort and confusion. We are conditioned to label feelings of discomfort as undesirable, yet the best things in life always make us feel somewhat uncomfortable at first…a new relationship, a new job, a new child. Completely comfortable at the beginning? Of course not. By labeling these sensations as fearful and undesirable, we begin to narrow our lives. Fear limits our possibilities. The Art of the Possible consists of recognizing fear and not being stopped by it.”
from Extraordinary Golf, the art of the possible; Fred and Pete Shoemaker; 1996; ISBN. 0-399-52276-X

