A Message To Myself Poem by Linda Ori

What you and Jim are both saying is...no pain, no gain. As long as we are safe and happy in that zone, it is o. k. - - as long as safe and happy is all you want to be. But for those of us, standing at the windows, looking out, longing to see what is on the other side..............

sometimes it's just hard to step out of the box.........I like your message though: O)

Too hot......okay....now my head looks like a wet mop

You've written this one like a Shakespearean soliloquy - where the two halves of yourself have a conversation. One, cautious (Capricorn methinks) and the other daring (Leo definitely) ! The two of course, make up YOU. Hence the quandary. But the awareness is what really matters, not the choice - the awareness that you have that choice. You write so well Linda. Thought provoking and smooth as silk. love, Allie xxxx

A premise inviting, yet forelong with the unknown...fear. Linda, your poetry touches, effortlessly.

getting out the comfort zone is always difficult. Change is the essence of living- there is pain and joy in living life fully. Without challenge, there is no growth...good write

Linda, Seems many people are caught up in their own'little world' they tend to find security within, yet knowing that once they take that first step outside there is a much LARGER world to be shared. Well done.

Avery fine poem. Sums up exactly how I feel also. XXXMargery.

Unless one is an extrovert, it isn't ever an easy thing to break from that comfort zone. You'd think as you get older, the more chances you'd be willing to take, but I have discovered the opposite more often holds true. Go figure! Maybe its just good sense or the wisdom of having been put through the ringer one too many times that we create our safe retreats, and aren't all that comfortable when we venture too far away from them. In any event, 'A Message To Myself' spoke volumes to this introvert. G.G.