Is it really all that? Every life has patterns. We each tend to find a set of patterns that is comfortable for us, and fall into their easy routines. We are never really 100% satisfied with these patterns. Most of us acknowledge that we really could do better, but then, its comfortable, so why rock the boat?
So when a title wave comes along and rocks our boat for us, we have no choice but to step out of our comfortable patterns for a while. We are forced into new, unchartered territories and compelled to make decisions on how to face them. Not many enjoy this, or thrive on the opportunities to feel uncomfortable, yet coming through on the other end, we usually find that the experience was beneficial, positive, or character-building in some way.
Then, once everything has calmed back down, WHY do we settle back into our former, mediocre patterns? Why do we insist on throwing our valuable life-lesson out once the disturbance is gone? Maybe settling down into normalcy is not a good answer. Maybe routine, comfortable patterns do more to hurt than to help. Do we want constant turbulence? Well, no. So why can't we listen and learn when things are calm? Why is it that we need such a big storm in order to reevaluate or lives?
Could there be such a thing as a comfortable, routine pattern that is non-complacent? Comfortablility that is in no way a compromise? How can we find a place in life that fulfils the basic human needs of security and groundedness without becoming lazy and cowardly towards new ideas, movements, situations, people, tragedies, opportunities, etc.
Is there a balance? If so, how do I maintain a life within those bounds? Something to think about...
1 comment:
I sympathize Sis. I bet most all of us do. I’m thinking maybe our only real comfort zone is in the peace of Christ in which case we have to keep our focus on Him to retain any real level of comfort. The plus to that is that we can find that comfort even in adversity.
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