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Why Do You Settle?

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There was a time in my life when I thought that I was happy.  I am sure most of you have felt that way, or even feel that way now.

I am not denying that I was happy, but I am now questioning how happy was I?

I grew up thinking that if I worked hard in school, get good grades, get into University, get a degree, get a good job, get married, raise a family and just live that life, I would be well, happy.

But being happy meant to me that I was going to settle.

I realize now that I did not even know what made me truly happy until I realized what I did not have.

And, unfortunately, I did not know what I did not know, until I came out of my comfort zone to find out.

I settled for events and things in my life because I was taught that it would make me happy.

I was programmed in a way that these events that I can accomplish would bring me happiness.

But as I learned different things, by experiencing different things, I learned so much about myself, and one of the things that I learned was that I did not have to settle for anything.

Do people know in general what settling is?

Settling, I learned, was staying in a relationship because I was too scared to be alone.

Settling, I learned, was staying in a job because I was too scared to let go of security.

Settling, I learned, was living each day with the same thoughts, the same steps, and the same intention because I was too afraid that dreaming would make me want more.

I settled because I feared what I would find.

There is magic to come out of your comfort zone.  That magic, like all magic, allows us to dream of the “impossible” and create the “unthinkable”.  That magic is something you can create if you come out of your regular thoughts, and into the unknown, because everything new and exciting comes from something unknown now.

I will never settle anymore because I am not afraid anymore.  I anxiously wait for what is to come next, and that is exciting.

After all, what is a life without magic?

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