means outgrowing old habits, old ways, and old learnings. But it also means outgrowing people and places that were once very comfortable. I had to learn to be uncomfortable with the unfamiliar and unknown all the while clinging to a deeper knowing that it will be well in the end. I’ve had to let go of friends and lovers- my choice and theirs- because we grew differently. Some decide to bonsai themselves, but I refuse. Some refuse to know themselves or be true with themselves. I can’t and won’t.
I look in the mirror and I know that I have changed so much and it is for the better. I am braver and kinder than ever before. I am bold. I am vibrant. I am honest and messy and overflowing with goodness. I am not perfect, but I don’t have to be. I have grown. I am still growing and still doing good. Life and I are both more beautiful for it. I pray that the kindness and good that I do echoes through eternity.
