What a day. How many times have we all said that? At least once a week. Pull up a chair and listen to what I hit at every turn today.
It was the first day of our new women’s bible study. We have been on break for a full month. I really missed it. I couldn’t wait to get there and see all my “prayer ladies”, as my daughter calls them. It was like the first day of school. We were all hugging and chattering and catching up. Soon it was time to get our brand new books (see, JUST like school) and settle down for the leaders to introduce the new study. We are doing a Beth Moore study this year. She is a phenomenal women’s speaker. The title of the study is:
“Stepping UP…a journey through the Psalms of Ascent”
Now, none of us ordinary women from all different faiths are bible scholars, so we didn’t even know what “Psalms of Ascent” were. The video starts and the first thing Moore invites us to do is open our minds and join her on a journey to go someplace we’ve never been before. I was hooked right away because, to me, there is nothing more exciting than new territory. It was a great “first day” back.
When I returned home, I settled down to do day 9 of my 100 Day Challenge. The title of it was: Raise The Bar.
“Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow, and you will never reach your full potential. Every time the bar is raised, a new technique has to be developed.”
Certainly sounds like “going to a place I’ve never been before” to me. On my way to yoga tonight, I decided these were principles I needed to drag into the hot room. We are encouraged to “go someplace we’ve never been before” in each pose, since the poses are the same 26 everyday. Tonight I’m going to embrace raising the bar in at least 2 poses, instead of just staying in my comfort zone and trying to “just get through” the class.
Pushing further, crossing the line, and stepping UP are the order of my future days. I wonder where I’ll land? I wonder what new, uncharted territory I will travel? I wonder how much and in what ways I will change?
This is a tall order, this venturing out of my comfort zone. I think the best way to approach it is by doing a little at a time – like tonight in yoga – just two poses. Tomorrow, maybe three. The next day, something unfamiliar in my business. The day after that, take a step down a new writing path……and on I’ll go. Will you join me?
Pick an area of your life that is challenging right now. Find a new technique or strategy to implement to get the job done. Let’s go. Let’s make fall 2012 a giant adventure.
And so, as another day goes by, remember : “Life begins at the edge of your comfort zone, and…I have written.
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