I love this quote about challenge, taking ourselves out of the comfort zone:
“I have realized; it is
during the times I am far outside my element that I experience myself the most.
That I see and feel who I really am, the most! I think that's what a comet is
like, you see, a comet is born in the outer realms of the universe!
But it's
only when it ventures too close to our sun or to other stars that it releases
the blazing "tail" behind it and shoots brazen through the heavens! And
meteors become sucked into our atmosphere before they burst like firecrackers
and realize that they're shooting stars! That's why I enjoy taking myself out
of my own element, my own comfort zone, and hurling myself out into the
unknown. Because it's during those scary moments, those unsure steps taken,
that I am able to see that I'm like a comet hitting a new atmosphere: suddenly
I illuminate magnificently and fire dusts begin to fall off of me! I discover a
smile I didn't know I had, I uncover a feeling that I didn't know existed in
me... I see myself. I'm a shooting star. A meteor shower.
But I'm not going to
die out. I guess I'm more like a comet then. I'm just going to keep on coming
back.” ― C. JoyBell C.
