Break out of your soul cage

Break out of your soul cage

Our society encourages us to seek comfort. Most products and services
advertised day and night are designed to make us more comfortable and
less challenged.
And yet, only challenge causes growth. Only challenge will test our
skills and make us better. Only challenge and the self-motivation to
engage the challenge will transform us. Every challenge we face is an
opportunity to create a more skillful self.
So it is up to you to constantly look for challenges to motivate yourself
with. And it's up to you to notice when

you're buried alive in a comfort zone. It's up to you to notice when you
are spending your life, in the image of the poet William Olsen, like a
flower "living under the wind."
Use your comfort zones to rest in, not to live in. Use them consciously
to relax and restore your energy as you mentally prepare for your next
challenge. But if you use comfort zones to live in forever, they become
what rock singer Sting calls your "soul cages." Break free. Fly away.
Experience what the philosopher Fichte meant when he said, "Being
free is nothing. Becoming free is heavenly."

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