One step out of the comfort zone.

01:54PM

Today, I was oriented about my job - Publication Staff for a scientific journal. It doesn't seem too tough, although the task of constantly asking people to submit materials for the paper is not very much my forte. Aside from that, I have to do other activities in the office as well, such as managing our website, writing letters and minutes of meetings, and a little accounting too (numbers! aaaaaah!).

Whew. I hope I can do all these things. Of course. there is (and has always been) a faint voice in me that says I can't. The tasks, in a way, terrify me. But knowing myself, this has always been my pattern whenever I'm faced with something unfamiliar. And, unlike the past, coward me, I won't let these thoughts turn me down.

New things alienate me. No, they terrify me. Being outside my comfort zone is, well, uncomfortable. But I could never run away from change - it is constant, and sooner or later I'm gonna have to deal with it, no matter how much I resist. All I have to do is accept and embrace it. Because if I don't, will I ever grow?

Finally, an encouraging quote from my favorite Catholic apologist: "Only when we cease to rely on our own strength can we discover that God's strength is always with us." - Scott Hahn