What does this quote mean?

“Bad weather always look worse through a window”

The bad weather looks worse through your window..
Explanation:
I heard someone say this the other day, and he meant it literally, but I decided to think about for a while and it came to me.. There is such a metaphorical meaning to this..

Think about it yourself..

Lets say you're presented with a challenging situation - I guess the normal thing to do would be to weigh up your options. How will I do? How am I going to go about this? What do I need do to to get through it?

But then we can either back down or go for it..

So I'm pretty much saying that your challenge is a patch of bad weather or a storm..

So when you are inside, in your comfort zone and you look out through the window knowing that you have to go outside and all you can see is bad weather, you'll probably find you don't really want to go outside anymore.

So this is where the whole thing comes in.. From your comfort zone the weather looks really bad and demoralising, but once you get outside and are actually exposed to this "weather" you will always find that its not as bad as you initially thought..

So when you are in your comfort zone and are faced with a challenge but the circumstances aren't favoring you, give it a shot, you will more then likely find that its not so serious and you'll be just fine.. :)

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