All Growth takes time. You may be thinking it’s unfair, hectic and slightly ungratifying in this moment that you’re not seeing much progress on your chosen path. Don’t be discouraged. Every stage of your growth feeds into the next.
Let’s think of a baby bring formed, born and growing through the first moments of life to the point that they are running around and still needing improvement, change and development. If a child is born before their lungs are fully developed they might not make it outside the womb unless they get life support with machines and probably steroids to boost that growth. A baby needs to lose certain primitive reflexes, grow into form, develop enough strength in their neck and body to support their head which is born big before they can sit up or stand, etcetera.
Life is more a marathon than it is a Sprint. Even if yours were to be a sprint think of how much time sprinters take to train, prepare, grow to the point where they can do that sprint. Ussain Bolt is a case in point. Says he trained for four years to do his world record breaking 100m sprint.
It is from the day to day that you learn how resilient you are. You can prove to yourself your resolve if you still want to remain on the same course tomorrow and the next day, week, month, year…. You know that’s your journey, your true love and passion if you are still resolved to remain on that path or getting onto a different path that still feeds into your passion.
You can’t be the same person today that you were yesterday. Yesterday you didn’t know what you know today and so you are more developed – tomorrow you start from the point of experience. This can’t be possible if you haven’t allowed yourself through all the strides to that effect. Obviously this time is different and relative to different people and for their different life journeys.
May God give you the Spirit and courage to rejoice through time and be patient in tribulation, confident in your resolve and happy on the journey.
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