Escape The Bubble.
Staying in a familiar place is death to your growth.
Step out of your comfort zone.
Fly out the nest.
Break down your own walls you built around yourself for safety.
Freedom is on the other side of your obsession with safety.
Pop the bubble.
Escape the bubble.
Be free.
I think it is clear what today’s blog is about. NO MORE SQUATTING IN OUR COMFORT ZONES. For the rest of the year we will not let fear consume us. That is why we stay in our own bubbles right? It feels better than having faith and taking risks and that risk ends up disappointing us and now we are back to square one. Or does it feel better? Really? Does it? Do our fears really take care of us and protect us like we think they do? Nah fam. Sorry to disappoint you but fear does nothing but hinder you if you let it. Fear is inevitable. It is a part of life. The key isn’t to eradicate fear altogether.
The key is to still do scary shit while being scared.
I love this quote so much…
I am never a person to talk about a topic that I do not live out fully. And I try to push myself out of my comfort zone very often. Is it easy? Hell nah. But as I always say, healing isn’t easy or the whole world would be healed.
The biggest bubble I popped lately was my unhealthy relationship to alcohol and pills. I thought it was way easier to just drink my worries away. “I am just having fun. I am just winding down and relaxing. I am just celebrating. I am just…I am just…I am just.” All these excuses were just justifying my suppression and me running away from my true emotions that I did not want to face. But I had to own up to the fact that I was doing things that I wouldn’t do sober. So why continue to depend on something that made me act outside of my authentic self? My comfort zone has been substance abuse for a very, very long time. Moving back to a place where majority of my childhood trauma occurred has made it really tough on my mental health. But depending on the same coping mechanisms get me nowhere. Depending on the same things that led me to my suicide attempt two years ago clearly are not going to get me closer to my goals. I literally felt like I was going backwards. All because of what? My fear to face my past. My fear to remember my past. My fear to accept my past.
I wrote in a poem one time:
The parted red sea was not meant for me to walk backwards.
I cannot moonwalk with my past or hide from my freedom.
Yea I know, I wrote this. and I still do dumb shit like moonwalk with my past and hide from my freedom. I am human and I fall back into comfort zones just like everybody else. But when you catch yourself in that warm and cozy bubble…POP THAT SHIT!
Stepping outside of your comfort zone, dropping old habits that no longer serve you, stepping away from relationships that no longer emit the same frequencies as you do is scary. But there is freedom outside of those things. The sea was parted for all of us to walk through but we just sit there and let it close and let the waves keep drowning us. Why? Why not want freedom? Why not crave something different? I got to the point where I CRAVE different anything. I want to have a great time without alcohol. I want to get through my triggers without alcohol. I want to heal and balance my mind, body and soul without alcohol. I don’t know what your specific comfort zone is. But escape it. Say bye to it. Leave it the fuck alone and find a new place to squat.
IT IS A BEAUTIFUL FEELING!
New has always been so appealing to me, but sometimes new and different scares the hell out of people. I get that.
But your fear of that new is way better than your stagnancy in your current position.
If you are content with being an unhappy, stagnant human being that never experiences peace then okay, go for it. But I do not think you would be on this blog if that is the life you want. So if you feel like something is pulling you in a different direction, listen to that voice. Do not let your comfort zone keep you glued to your present situation. If you want growth, then jump. Just go where your intuition and soul is leading you to go. Fear is just fuel. The more scared you are, that is probably the thing your soul wants the most. Do not fight against it, use it for your motivation to escape the bubble. You can do it. Having faith that you will be okay despite what your fear says is the ingredient that a lot of people forget. The Universe got you! But most people depend on themselves more so it makes sense why they are so scared. Stop depending on yourself more than the Universe or God. Just stop.
Look I get so afraid to be this vulnerable to the world. I have no idea who reads this, who can use my pain and my journey against me, but that is just fear. I use it as fuel and say fuck it, they can judge me, but one person needs to read this. One person out there is going through what I am going through and just needs to feel less alone. The Universe will work it all out and my words will reach the people that it needs to. I truly believe that. You are not alone. We are in this shit together.
Peace & Love my Gullies.
