It’s so easy to stay within your comfort zone.  To not take chances, to not reach for your dreams, to not risk failure.  So when you decide to take that first step out of your comfort zone, you feel exposed and vulnerable.  It is highly likely that you will face criticism and setbacks. You then have the choice to run back to your comfort zone or to move past the obstacles.  The thing is that that comfort zone is always there for you, you can decide to turn back at any time.  So why turn back now?   If you do, the only guarantee is that you will never know what could have been.