comfort zones

why don't we always want to try new things?

do they make us uncomfortable?
because we're not used to them?
the differences, and the changes?

i guess it'd be nice to stay in our comfort zones forever.
that comfortable little zone demarcated by the yellow and black tape that we refuse to tread out of.
we know every inch of it, inside out.
everything that has to do with us and our lives.
that cozy little place where we can snuggle into and not care about the outside world.

sigh, but..
we always have to try new things, don't we?
to change the current.
and experience the new.
otherwise, life would just remain as it is.

we would never have grown up if we never took that first step.
the first time we fell... the first time we stood up for someone else.
our first day at school, at kindergarten (i wonder how many of us can remember)
all the trillions and gazillions of NEW things that we have tried; they make us who we are.

and they expand our comfort zones by a tad much every single time.

someone who has spent his or her whole life on an island, would never know anything beyond the horizon that they see.
they'd only know about coconut husks and palm trees.
no mangosteens, strawberries, nor vast fields of lavender.
no icy alps, glaciers, mountains, lakes, deers, goats, bears, sparrows.
no citylights, urban skylines, man-made reservoirs, towering skyscrapers.

and thus, we shouldn't confine ourselves to our islands.
we should try to gather wood and twine.
build a raft and sail out against the raging sea.
you and i both.

so perhaps i should take a shot at this, shouldn't i?
even though i won't know what it will hold..
but it just feels stupid to stay here and wonder what lies beyond that vast ocean.

i just might find something good.

she rolls the window down
and she, talks over the sound
of the cars that pass us by
and i don't know why
but she's changed my mind


would you look at her
she looks at me
she's got me thinkin' about her constantly
but she don't know how i feel
and as she carries on without a doubt
i wonder if she's figured out