“One doesn’t discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.” —Andre Gide
I believe we all have our comfort zones or in today’s nomenclature “safe space”. To venture away from them can create anxiety and fear.
I grew up in Ohio in a high school that had only one African American family and had never been south of my home state where I grew up through high school. It took my older brother and my Dad to prompt me to consider moving to Texas where my Dad went to college to move and establish residency in the hill country before starting school at UT Austin.
Living in a one bedroom apartment with my brother exposed us to all kinds of people in our roach infested apartment complex. I could write a Seinfeld type sitcom to describe all the characters we met and lived with during most of our college career. At first it was intimidating, but I’m a much better person for expanding my perspective of people who I may have had biased opinions of prior to moving to Austin.
Don’t be afraid to venture out to new places and people that are different from you. It can change you for the better.
Be careful out there!
Hebrews 13:2
TSK
I believe we all have our comfort zones or in today’s nomenclature “safe space”. To venture away from them can create anxiety and fear.
I grew up in Ohio in a high school that had only one African American family and had never been south of my home state where I grew up through high school. It took my older brother and my Dad to prompt me to consider moving to Texas where my Dad went to college to move and establish residency in the hill country before starting school at UT Austin.
Living in a one bedroom apartment with my brother exposed us to all kinds of people in our roach infested apartment complex. I could write a Seinfeld type sitcom to describe all the characters we met and lived with during most of our college career. At first it was intimidating, but I’m a much better person for expanding my perspective of people who I may have had biased opinions of prior to moving to Austin.
Don’t be afraid to venture out to new places and people that are different from you. It can change you for the better.
Be careful out there!
Hebrews 13:2
TSK
