Pushing Past The Comfort Zone

Push Past The Comfort Zone. There is So Much Beyond.

Today I woke in a hazy funk carried over from yesterday's sudden onslaught of paranoia. It came rushing up out of nowhere and hit me around the stroke of midnight. It brought whiffs and slivers of I don't know what. Like sweet apple pie left out to cool, but on the window sill during a miserable hurricane. Or something like that. You know the kind? It's like some weary traveler at your door, hungry, tired, broke down, just needing a place to sleep. You think they'll be gone by morning, but they aren't. They just linger, and linger, until you listen long and hard to what they have to say.

After some caffeinated half-way decent conversation (with myself) through paint - I've decided I need to push harder against my comfort zone - there is so much beyond. Far and Yonder. Way past. I need to get out there and Go. These comfort zones are holding me down, keeping me small. I need to let myself be seen beyond the small scope I'm sharing. I need to walk naked, dance naked, be entirely bare.

After painting and dialoging I feel much, much better. I'm still pondering the full spectrum of my own Comfort Zones and how I can keep pushing past.

"There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in." 

Leonard Cohen

In other news: 

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Sending Love and Light Legions, 

Carissa

PS. There's a hurricane brewing off the coast and I just broke away to wash my painty hands in the rain! I dare you to do something invigorating & adventurous this week(end)! Something far beyond your comfort zone! I'd love to hear what you do <3