So you are telling me to “come out of my comfort zone,” to “explore life,” because “you only live once.”
But my question to you is: why?
If I am fulfilling my responsibilities, then let me enjoy the comfort of my comfort zone. Let me relax, recharge, and basically be comfortable.
Don’t tell me that you wake up at 3 a.m., pick up heavy boulders, swim in a freezing river or lake, kill a bear with your bare hands for breakfast, and then you do this and then you do that, and then finally, at night, you sleep out in the open with hard rock as your bed, leaves as your blanket, and the sky as your roof.
I don’t care if you sleep with the lions.
After my 9 to 5, I am happy to eat freshly prepared, tasty, home-cooked food, lie down on my bed, read a book, and sleep with my head on a comfortable pillow, under a blanket of just the ideal weight, with the room temperature set to just the right centigrades.
Thank you very much.
I, and millions like me, have spent a considerable amount of time and effort making our lives comfortable. So when you come and tell me to leave that comfortable life, then sorry, I would simply say that you are yapping.
Maybe one day, if I decide, after all my calculations, that I feel like taking some sort of risk, then I may leave my comfort zone, dip my toes into the freezing water, and see if I am interested or not. If not, I will wear my socks and shoes again and come back to my comfort zone.
But if I like it, then I will make plans to extend, not leave, my comfort zone to include whatever new thing I want to add to my life.
You might ask: what will happen if life throws me a curveball and I am pushed out of my comfort zone?
Well, that is a possibility.
But then why make my life uncomfortable today on the assumption that it might become hard tomorrow? Why not enjoy the wonders and beauties of life while I can?
And who knows whether my assumption about the curveball is even correct? Maybe I make my life uncomfortable to prepare for financial losses, but I get health losses instead.
I am truly sorry, but I am not interested in challenging my comfort zones, only to get stuck while climbing a mountain and die of hunger and thirst. Good luck to all the daredevils out there. But I am frankly not very interested in it.
Till then, I will enjoy the comforts that Allah has bestowed on me. Be thankful. Be gracious. And even ask for more.
Chow. Chow.