Body Armor

Body armor. It protects us and sometimes it also holds us back. We go through life sometimes wearing a great deal of it. Covered from head to toe in it. It stops us from making new friends, moving to a new area or even applying for a new job.. We become comfortable in it. It adds extra weight and the majority of the time it truly slows us down.. Every night we go to bed we know we should take it off but that thought scares us so we leave it on. It weighs every on our heart when we roll out of bed. Our armor we wear, keeps us apart from the one we love. It distances us from the ones we care the most about. Some of the hardest challenges we face in life our the challenges we face with ourselves. We will never grow, or learn to love until we are able to take our body armor off. Once we find the courage to take it off, it leaves us feeling vulnerable. We associate vulnerability with fear. We are afraid of the unknown. The true reality of life is that the unknown always staring us in the face. Once the armor comes off it feels like pouring salt on to an open wound. It burns at first but the pain soon subsides and you realize its not as bad as you thought. We are creatures of habit and routine is our enemy. How many times do you feel like you are wearing some type of body armor?Have you missed out on something you wish you would of set out to do? I know I have. How many times have you felt it holds you back? Life's greatest opportunities are often missed because we are afraid. We are afraid of challenging ourselves. We would much rather be comfortable with how things are than to push forward through the pain we often feel when times are tough. I dont know about you but it takes true courage and will power to take off the body armor that we wear.