Discomfort

I could show you gloom,
A thousand reasons why to repair the world.
Yet all I would accomplish
Is to create a trap of despair

I could show you hope
A thousand points of life
towards the best of humanity
Yet then all you would do is nothing.

This is the damned if you do and damned if you don’t trap of the modern world

Your actions do matter
Your comfort isn’t worth saving
Inaction is destruction

Worrying you don’t have time to act…
Means this is the perfect time to start.
If you are waiting for the right moment
Means having already lost your moment

I will not be your cheerleader
I will not be a leader
I will not save you
These are all things you must now do for yourself.

Growth never comes out of comfort.
Empowerment isn’t from the teacher nor healer.
Power is the ability to define oneself
Power comes from your actions that define you

Actions do define,
Find comfort has hidden actions
Dig deeper to discover
The price of comfort is burning down our world.

Comfort is the worst of all drugs to be addicted to in life.

Yes, we need comfort to rest within to recharge within.
But only holding to comfort is to decay.

So you ask and ask
But how , oh how, Do I break out?
Well follow your discomfort
Push and surprise yourself.

Going Deeper

There is so much I would like to say, but much of what I would say would not be timed right for many people. We have a challenge ahead to improve our lives and the world. People seek answers, they seek leaders to follow. However, people mistake the loss of comfort as being the problem. This is a problem because people will react to losing comfort in a way to regain their comfort. That isn’t a good path, in fact that is how social engineering works against you as a individual. Channeling people with discomfort towards comfort provided at a cost.

So if you feel discomfort, I ask you to pause. Don’t automatically seek to regain comfort. First ask yourself why are you in discomfort. Don’t seek solutions that are comfortable, seek solutions that create growth. Then push against that discomfort to improve life.

The original Blog Post is found on my site
https://personaltao.com/discomfort/

I'm Casey Kochmer a Taoist Teacher who lives by teaching kindness and helping people grow. I am posting this here to test steemit and as my first post here, I reused my latest blog post so I could more focus on learning this tool first.

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