I. DISCOMFORT IS THE FIRST SIGN OF CHANGE

You can only change when you’re feeling uncomfortable. Otherwise, there would be no reason for you to do so. Because, why else would you want to leave where you are at now and what you have if it was still in your comfort zone? Why else would you want something to be different when everything was perfect? Why would you move if your current flat was the best one? Why would you want to change your body if you are satisfied with the way it looks and the way it feels? Why would you want to meet new people if your friends are already amazing? The fact that you are simply considering it is a sign that change is about to happen.

We humans are wired to play the safe game, to stay where we are instead of moving forward because we don’t know what the future will hold. We don’t know if there are dangers awaiting us and if we will be able to conquer them. We don’t know what is waiting for us right around the corner because we can’t predict the future. And we are not supposed to. Instead of worrying, we should have faith in what is to come, that the only way forward is, in fact, forward.
Sadly, we still choose to stay right where we are even if that means that we aren’t truly sacrificing the greatest experiences in life. This stems from when humans were first created. They didn’t know what was on the other end of the ocean until this one guy decided to discover another continent and come back. Why was he different than the rest? Why didn’t he just stay where he was and continue to live his safe life?
It was because he knew that dying and wondering what could’ve been and what greatness he could’ve achieved if he just went for it wasn’t a life worth living. He overpowered his fear with curiosity instead of letting it dictate him. If he died, he died, but that was so much more worth it than never being able to say that, at least, he tried. Because never even trying is so much worse than trying and then failing. You can’t fail until you try. You can’t change until you decide that the life you are living right now isn’t the one you want to continue living until you die.

That’s where faith comes in.

You have to know that staying stuck where you are currently is not what this life was meant for. You have to have faith that there is something greater for you out there, just waiting for you to start moving forward. The life you dream of already exists, it’s just waiting for you to let go of everything you’ve known before. It’s just waiting for you to get up and try.
Change is scary because we step into the unknown. It’s scary because we fear that we might make a wrong decision and get onto the wrong path. But, you know, there is no wrong path for your life. In the end, you will arrive where you were always meant to be, no matter how many detours you will have to take. This is the only faith you need to hold on to. No matter what happens, it will always be better than staying right where you are, having the same experiences, never growing and always wondering what could’ve happened if you just had enough courage to take the leap, to risk losing everything to possibly gain even more.