“It’s only after you’ve stepped outside your comfort zone that you begin to change, grow, and transform.”
― Roy T. Bennett
A Little Background
A pretty common preference for Nines is stability. We like having comfort in our routines, in our habits, and we don’t always change easily. We go with the flow for others, but our innate preference is to stick to what we know. But sometimes, it takes change in our lives for us to discover things about ourselves that we never knew were possible. Sometimes taking that chance, that risk, is what we needed to make our lives or someone else’s live better. A simple example of this was when I was young, I had a hard time when my mom decided to go back to work. I really enjoyed being able to have her when I needed her and I anticipated a lot of time alone at home. But if she had not gone back to teaching, then I never would’ve figured out my own passion for helping children. And, we may not have continued to go to my current church, where, thanks to giving it more time, I have made so many wonderful connections that I hope are for a lifetime. I have never been as enriched by a community as I have been by them, and now I am so thankful that God called my mom back to work all those years ago. I never would’ve anticipated those blessings, and by taking other opportunities that seem foreign, we can experience positives we weren’t expecting!
My Challenge for You
The point in all of this? Change can be good, if we embrace it and grow from it. I was reminded of that when filling out this fun little booklet that was a humorous gift to me from a relative. I thought it would just be a time-passer, but its little challenges have given me things to think about. Today’s challenge was to “go out of my way to do something I have never done before”. So…that’s my challenge for you too! I will update you on what I decide that change will be, and let me know if you try it out too. Who knows, we might just find our next greatest passion! 🙂
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