Practice Touching Your Eye and Stepping Out Of Your Comfort Zone
When I went to pick up my first pair of contacts, the training session that followed was grueling! Apparently on your first visit, they have to see you putting them in and taking them out, I guess so they know you can do it. They don’t want you stuck at home not knowing what to do and definitely don’t want you not knowing how to remove them before bed!
Well, as with any normal human being, I have a natural tendency to fear putting anything in my eye, including my own finger. The reflexes in my eyes seem to validate that fear. Combine that with putting a foreign object on the end of the finger and what we have is an hour or so of frustration.
Why do I bring up such a discussion? Well, I think there is actually a life lesson in here somewhere that we can learn. Something one of the assistants kept telling me was to “practice touching your eye.” Apparently if you get used to touching your own eye, eventually putting the contact in will become easier. As it turns out, she was right. I now can put each of my contacts in the first try! I can stick my finger in the eye as good, or better, than the next guy! Someone please be proud of me!
Anyways, I find this little piece of advice interesting because I think we can apply it to life in general. How many situations are you in where you know you should do something, or you know God is calling you to something, that is uncomfortable or even scary? We all have a comfort zone and most of us dislike stepping out of it. We like to keep things the way they are and we hate changes. I think that is natural.
However, I believe if we practice stepping out of that comfort zone, it’ll become easier. Yes, the individual things we are supposed to step out and accomplish will become easier with time, but my contention is that the very act of STEPPING OUT will become easier, too.
The assistant’s advice for me was to “practice touching your eye.” My advice to you is, practice stepping out of your comfort zone. It’ll become easier and maybe even exciting when you do!
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