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VOL. IV | ISSUE IV<br />
MARGINS<br />
opting out of my comfort zone<br />
by Boyiejide Jude<br />
At the age of twenty, I felt the need to pursue my dreams and aspirations. As you know,<br />
we youths just plan without thinking of possible things to come, negative or positive.<br />
We just draft down our thoughts, making them travel on a smooth lane, not thinking<br />
about its rough edges.<br />
At this stage of my life, I had planned to be the most watched actor on TV. Be that TV<br />
personality that everyone would love to be like. I knew within me that I had the gift to<br />
be a star but what I did not know was that great things required sacrifices. I expected<br />
my talent to find me movie roles. I never wanted to settle for less. I needed a one time<br />
major role. So I waited, waiting for the right opportunity, with no stress, no struggle.<br />
After all, the bible did say, knock and it shall be opened. But I forgot one thing, I had<br />
to walk to that door in other to knock.<br />
At twenty two, I realized, I had wasted two years of my life, hiding under my comfort<br />
zone because I needed no stress.<br />
Now, i know better. I realized I never really knew my limitations because I was hiding<br />
under my comfort zone. I realized I had to make sacrifices. And to make that sacrifice,<br />
I had to come out of my comfort zone and begin my dream not as a fast rising star but<br />
as a learner who one day will brighten the sky.<br />
Sometimes all we need to do, is travel far from our comfort zone, wear our garment<br />
of humility and take that one risk. A risk that can change our lives.<br />
Boyiejide Jude (aka De Loner) is currently a student studying law at the Ambrose<br />
Ali University, Ekpoma, Edo State, Nigeria. An admirer of good writing and music,<br />
he is a poet, author, and a playwright, whose topic of interest focuses on nature<br />
and all that it has to offer. The quote that guides his life is, “The lotus flower is<br />
beautiful, the mud is what makes it unique”.<br />
This piece advises young ones to always crawl out of their comfort zone and<br />
pursue their dreams. Your comfort zone only limits your limitations.<br />
@judeo_prince<br />
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