...Of Discipline and the Comfort Zone..

We have often heard it said that discipline is the bridge between goals and success. True. No less true is the idea that what many perceive as luck is where preparation meets opportunity. Preparation. Discipline. Words not to be taken lightly on the  path to growth.

But just for a moment, juxtapose these words against the comfort zone of your experience. That comfort zone that has lulled you into the routine of mediocrity and under-achievement. Where fear and doubt have kept you bound to your limiting beliefs, and procrastination  has become your hiding place from the urge to try; probably causing you to feel much like the proverbial caged bird,  minus the urge to sing. I know the feeling....I've been there.

Yet, preparation and discipline wait in the wings to take you to centre-stage. Literally. To lift you beyond your current experience. Simple disciplines. Small, everyday actions. Consistent action. Without an audience. Actions that little by little create discontent, disequilibrium. Disequilibrium strong enough to push you to seek a new equilibrium outside your comfort zone; deep enough to create longings that challenge you to reach outside of your current manifestations of self  into the ultimate freedom of your possibilities. That's the magic of deliberate, disciplined, consistent action!