We are all tempted by comfort the moment we are able to achieve it, and while comfort is not problematic in itself, a comfortable life is by no means synonymous with a good life. Comfort can be a powerful sedative which breeds complacency and makes it difficult to do the things we know we should. From the literal moment we are born, we are jerked out of a warm asylum and into a confusing, chaotic struggle. This struggle pervades early life; childhood can be seen as a series of abrupt removals from one’s comfort zone. Going to school for the first time, spending a night away from parents,
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