The alarm goes off. You reach over and quickly hit the snooze.
Your bed is warm and comfortable. Your pillows and blankets seem to be in THE most perfect positions as if they are pleading with you to stay.
They are saying: "Don't leave. It is warm, safe, and comfortable here."
"You don't need to go now, " they say "whatever it is you are going to do will be there waiting for you later."
"Ahh, I don't want to get up" you say as if continuing the conversation your bed has started with you.
But you do.
You drag yourself out of bed, maybe grab a cup of coffee and head out the door.
Once you are out the door the calm and peace of the world surrounds you. The crisp air dances on your skin. The dark sky slowly begins to change colors- from deep, dark, blue to lighter blue with hints of pink, orange, and red coming through. The birds begin to chirp.
You can feel it coming. The beauty, the splendor, the magnificence .....The dark sky has given way to the most gorgeous sunrise.
There it is before you. As if it had always been there. The bright, warm glow of the sun surrounds you.
You stop for a moment to reflect on what it is you would have missed if you had stayed in the warm comfort of your bed.
Often it takes moving from a warm, comfortable, safe place to witness the beauty of what the world has in store for us.
So it is with change. Whatever that change may be you will find yourself moving from a warm, comfortable, safe place out into the quiet darkness. That quiet, dark place may surround you for a while before you start to hear the friendly chirping of the birds and begin to see the colors of the sky change.
Hold on. Don't turn back.
Yes, I know that safe place is still calling you to return. It is there waiting for you; taunting you.
You can hear it: "I am a warm, safe, comfortable place. Come back, you are always welcome here."
Before you turn and go back stop for a moment and count the number of sunrises you've seen on days you didn't get out of bed. How many have you seen in that warm, comfortable, safe place?
Your bed is warm and comfortable. Your pillows and blankets seem to be in THE most perfect positions as if they are pleading with you to stay.
They are saying: "Don't leave. It is warm, safe, and comfortable here."
"You don't need to go now, " they say "whatever it is you are going to do will be there waiting for you later."
"Ahh, I don't want to get up" you say as if continuing the conversation your bed has started with you.
But you do.
You drag yourself out of bed, maybe grab a cup of coffee and head out the door.
Once you are out the door the calm and peace of the world surrounds you. The crisp air dances on your skin. The dark sky slowly begins to change colors- from deep, dark, blue to lighter blue with hints of pink, orange, and red coming through. The birds begin to chirp.
You can feel it coming. The beauty, the splendor, the magnificence .....The dark sky has given way to the most gorgeous sunrise.
There it is before you. As if it had always been there. The bright, warm glow of the sun surrounds you.
You stop for a moment to reflect on what it is you would have missed if you had stayed in the warm comfort of your bed.
Often it takes moving from a warm, comfortable, safe place to witness the beauty of what the world has in store for us.
So it is with change. Whatever that change may be you will find yourself moving from a warm, comfortable, safe place out into the quiet darkness. That quiet, dark place may surround you for a while before you start to hear the friendly chirping of the birds and begin to see the colors of the sky change.
Hold on. Don't turn back.
Yes, I know that safe place is still calling you to return. It is there waiting for you; taunting you.
You can hear it: "I am a warm, safe, comfortable place. Come back, you are always welcome here."
Before you turn and go back stop for a moment and count the number of sunrises you've seen on days you didn't get out of bed. How many have you seen in that warm, comfortable, safe place?
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