Visualizing My Experience

“Life begins at the end of your comfort zone”

We have always known this quote that nothing grows in the comfort zone but as human beings, we always seek a little comfort so that the struggling journey can become a little comforting. Even while working I believe that we should have some sort of comfort along with us. I know this wouldn’t make sense right now but let me explain to you.

In our second last week of Amal, we were assigned a very thoughtful project about finding any object that reminds us of our first two weeks of Amal’s journey. When I read down the instructions of this project, I sat down and started to notice everything around me. I looked into my whole room at what’s the thing that reminds me of my first two weeks in Amal. I didn’t find out anything. I get tired after tons of brainstorming and then set up my pillows and my comfort cushion that relaxes my back whenever I get tired and I lie back on them. Then instantly after lying down the idea came into my mind and that was my “comfort cushion”.

Well, it’s a neck or traveling pillow but we as a Pakistani always use one thing for several purposes :D. So the thing that reminds me of my Amal journey is my cushion and why that reminds me of my first two weeks of Amal’s journey is because when I started my Amal’s sessions they were pretty long. Sometimes the sessions would go like for three hours and that is a very long duration to sit straight for the whole time. As we were supposed to sit straight, listen actively, and interact as much as possible. For me, that was very tough for such a long time as I have some backache issue and I can’t sit straight for such a long time. So here comes my comfy cushion, I always put it behind my back during the session and it helped me a lot in taking my sessions without feeling any back pains.

So back to the point that we always need a little comfort zone to focus on work efficiently. Consider it some sort of a support system, as we all need a support system to pass through the difficult stages. And mine was the comfy cushion that supported me a lot and it also gave me sweet dreams after having a tiring day.

That’s how I remember Amal’s first two weeks, and this journey became a sweetest memory of mine. Thank You for reading out my content now you all can have “sweet dreams” with your own comfy cushions.