Hard Things = Personal Growth
Personal growth can feel really shitty at the start. Maybe also in the middle. Okay, okay, it's possibly crappy all the way until you get to the end of some assignment you've given yourself - or perhaps the assignment was dropped in your lap by your partner or child. Either way it can take a commitment to yourself to dig in, get to work and finish. It’s a process many people simply avoid. This morning I was contemplating the growth I’ve been able to achieve these past few years by sheer force of will, and my heart began to ache with what felt like a vague but profound loss. It wasn’t a self pitying kind of ache, but a settling into awareness kind of ache. Very suddenly I had a scenic viewpoint of my history and how I unintentionally held myself back from countless discoveries over the course of my lifetime by trying to not feel shitty or by trying to avoid failure. Can you see that metaphorical snake swallowing her tail? I’m grateful to have this scenic viewpoint and t
