“Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death.” Rosalind Russell
Are you starving at the banquet table of your life?
What does “Life is a banquet” mean to you? I think of a massive table stretching off into the horizon with endless possibilities…
Your life banquet – what does it look like? Are you sitting in the same spot meal after meal/day after day or tasting from only one side of the table? Are you eating the same meat and potatoes or tofu and beans or spaghetti and meatballs or peanut butter and jam again and again and wondering why you’re bored, frustrated, lonely or unhappy?
Or have you shaken things up lately? Gotten out of your comfort zone and explored the smorgasbord at the rest of the table?
If not,
HERE’S WHAT‘S HOLDING YOU BACK:
Feeling comfortable can feel so great. In the moment. It feels so safe. No failure. No anxiety. No self-doubt. No uncertainty. No effort. No criticism or judgment from you or anyone else.
But too much comfort and safety is boring and deadens the heart, mind and soul.
Ask yourself when you have felt the best in your life, the happiest, the most energetic and the most fulfilled. I bet it was when you stretched yourself, stepped outside your comfort zone even though you might have felt a little fear (or a lot). I’m right, aren’t I?
We let our excuses and fears become solid blocks to doing what our hearts and spirits yearn for instead of just doing it (thanks, Nike, for reminding us). It’s too hot, cold, early, late, difficult, long, complex, scary, unknown… or I’m too young, old, overweight, skinny, uncoordinated, fast, slow, weak, imperfect… or not a good enough cook, artist, speaker, writer, teacher, parent, partner, coach, leader…
And then we wonder why our lives aren’t brilliant diamonds of joy and fulfillment.
I CHALLENGE YOU:
This summer
Do one thing
A week
That scares the
H… out of you
Then pay attention to how you feel and what happens in your life.
“When was the last time you did something for the first time?”
–Bob Proctor