the grass may not always be greener on the other side of the hill, however you won't know unless you go and find out.
I have to say, this line ended up hitting close to home the most. All our life, the grass may not always be greener on the other side works as a reminder to be content with where you are. But sometimes, you have to break out of that comfortable boundaries to discover who you truly are. Now that its time to break out from my own self created comfort after years of building it, your post really hit close to the home :')
Have you ever been in a situation in which you had a decision or choice to make that could be very positive in one aspect but potentially damaging if it didn't go to plan?
Well, it more or less often happened during the rapid educational environment shifting as I happened to have a total of eight schools through out my life [Because of my parents jobs]. But the most horrific one was during one of university admission viva. Now, I wasn't aware about the dreadfulness of any kind of admission viva before and during that time, my parents simply told me, went there and do what everyone else does. When I went into the room, it turned out to be the admission process of theatre and performance department. Now, I don't know a single thing about theatre or acting nor did I have any desire to study in this subject but the fate had other plans for my sorry ass.
When my time came for the viva, one man told me, Okay, so imagine you are sitting in you living room, suddenly a phone call came from aboard. The person from the other side inform you that your husband is dead. Now act it out.
My awkward, vulnerable sorry ass never even thought about relationship let along husband. I didn't know what to do, but under their intense watch, I had no other choices but to act.
So I simply used my hand as a cell-phone and started the conversation which went like this:
-- Hello.
-- ...
-- He is dead?
-- ...
-- Okay. Keep the body. (hang up)
Till this day, I remember every single one of their reaction XD
Breaking out of that comfortable place is often required to reach a little further or higher than one things is possible. Comfort is nice, but it can be self-limiting. Some will be content though, happy to stay in a convenient and comfortable boundary...I am not such a person.
I liked your story about that admission thing. I was reading thinking, hmm, what will she do? And then...you didn't do anything at all as I expected! I can imagine what their faces were like. 😉