06.30.10
Pushing Through
“Your nerves aren’t able to handle a lot right now.”
That was the good news my hand therapist told me.
Then the bad news. If I stay comfortable, and not stretch my limits, the nerves in my hand will freeze up. If I stay at the same level, I’ll lose mobility in my hand.
We can get ossified in our thinking, too. In our risk-taking. Stale and frozen in our opinions.
Humor gets us out of this rut.
Shakes things up.
Keeps us on our toes.
Powers us through stale times.
“Sometimes you have to push through,” the therapist told me.
It feels good to be comfortable. But comfortable can be dangerous if we stay there too long.
Comfort can make us forget what we need to do. Blind us to risks we need to take.
Humor is uncomfortable. It’s risky. It takes guts to go out of your comfort zone and use your sense of humor.
But it’s worth it.
Every time.
