{"id":677,"date":"2009-08-10T18:40:32","date_gmt":"2009-08-11T02:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/?p=677"},"modified":"2023-04-17T16:12:36","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T00:12:36","slug":"swimming-out-of-the-comfort-zone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/10\/swimming-out-of-the-comfort-zone\/","title":{"rendered":"Swimming Out of the Comfort Zone"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/10\/swimming-out-of-the-comfort-zone\/&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=1&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;font=\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:25px\"><\/iframe><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fheathervale.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F08%2F10%2Fswimming-out-of-the-comfort-zone%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><p>Today Konan went for his first official swimming lesson. He&#8217;s had a few off-the-cuff sessions, and lots of flutterboard time, at the health club pool, but this was the first with a teacher directing all the action.<\/p>\n<p>While he usually loves the water, he cried nearly all the way through this.<\/p>\n<p>Why? Probably reasons that are similar to the ones we all have when we balk at  getting out of our comfort zones.<\/p>\n<p><strong>He was afraid<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>There was a lot of commotion, other kids crying, and a strange teacher holding him that he&#8217;d never met before.<\/p>\n<p>A brand new situation, and for a little guy that&#8217;s not even 10 months old, that&#8217;s pretty scary!<\/p>\n<p>And as his mother, part of me certainly wanted to protect him, take him away, and comfort him. But instead we kept on, and I encouraged and applauded him.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s because I&#8217;m sure he&#8217;ll stop the tears once he gets used to the lessons, which happen nearly every day for the next two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>And then he, like all of us who face our fears, will have a new, rewarding experience and personal growth under his belt.<\/p>\n<p>And that&#8217;s just priceless!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keep Unwrapping the Mysteries of Life!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0pt none;\" title=\"Heather Vale Goss\" src=\"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/images\/sigHVG_2.1_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"35\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today Konan went for his first official swimming lesson. He&#8217;s had a few off-the-cuff sessions, and lots of flutterboard time, at the health club pool, but this was the first with a teacher directing all the action. 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