Being Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable

We all want to be comfortable in life. I think that is a natural human response. Everyone would like to be comfortable, no matter where you live or what your status is. Much of society, has been geared towards making us feel comfortable. Many things are manufactured, with the express purpose of making us feel comfortable, like cars, chairs, beds, clothes, shoes, gloves, hats, etc. etc. etc.

I like being comfortable just as much as the next person.

But what do we do when we encounter the uncomfortable? Those things that we cannot adjust or fit to our own personal comfort level. How do we handle those things? 

Life does not have a comfort level switch, that you can simply adjust the settings on it, like the beds that some manufactures advertise. We are not prepared to be uncomfortable. That is why so many of us struggle when the uncomfortable, comes into our lives. 

We know it is coming! Still we are not ready for it.

Some of us are feeling extremely uncomfortable right now in our current circumstances. Others of us, might have been feeling uncomfortable for quite some time now. While still yet, some might be comfortable now, but on their way into an uncomfortable situation or circumstance.

Whatever our current state, we all must deal with being uncomfortable at some point and time in life.Many people hold true to the beliefs, that if they had knowledge, they would be comfortable. If I knew more, I would be comfortable, they say.

There was an account given of a young newlywed couple who felt this very same way. Things were not bad, but they felt, if they knew more, things would be even better. However, God expressly told them that eating the fruit from the tree of knowledge would not be as beneficial for them as they hoped. But, they ate from it anyway, and it made their lives more challenging than they had previously been.

I am not saying that we can just magically be comfortable, with being uncomfortable. We can try seeing it from a different perspective. 

Perhaps we could be proactive and not allow the uncomfortable times to dictate our demise. We could learn to respond in those times, and not just to react to them.

What if we embraced the fact that at some point in the future, we are going to be uncomfortable with something that happens to us in life? What if we planned for it? We could just prepare for that time like any other season in life.

For example, if we believe a heavy rainstorm is coming, we might have candles at the ready.  Or, like when we get insurance, in the event of an unsuspecting accident happening. Being uncomfortable simply means we are in position to experience some new things. 

Not necessarily bad, but certainly some things we might not have seen before. We could embrace the uncomfortable and explore what options are in place to help us get through that temporary season.

To experience success in life we must learn to be comfortable with being uncomfortable. Being uncomfortable gives us an opportunity to improve and grow. It teaches us how to manage in the moment.

You can find more helpful tips in my book How to Follow God.

This is a Thompson Truth.