I quite enjoy being a hermit.
I can go for days and weeks in my own little world. It is a controlled environment where I am comfortable and everything feels safe.
I could happily let the days easily pass by just doing what I want to do.
But I don’t really think that’s what life is about.
I don’t believe we are here to just let the days pass by in the safety of our own little world waiting until we die.
I don’t think contentment breeds happiness. Too much time to think about things that aren’t changing because we aren’t changing, is unhealthy.
And then we start to deteriorate.
We either grow, or we deteriorate. We never stay the same.
If we are still alive there is a reason, and we still have important work to do.
I know that my current understanding of life remains limited if I stay in my hermit shell.
If my understanding is limited, then so is my influence and ability to make a difference in the world.
So we have no choice but to keep jumping in, to keep leaping.
We have to keep trying new things that make us uncomfortable, because that’s how we grow.
It’s not about being caught by the net, because we won’t always be caught…and sometimes that’s a gift.
We need to live on the edge of our comfort zone, not in the middle of it.
We need to do things that scare us.
We need to keep showing up.
That’s what living is all about.