How Far You’ve Come

"One day you'll look back and realize just how hard it was, and just how well you did." - Charlie Mackesy

No one ever said it would be easy. There will be words that cut. There will be moments that shatter. There will be days that feel like slogging through quicksand. There will be set backs and mistakes and hurt feelings.

The simple truth is that life will sometimes be hard. And I believe that it is in the hard times that we learn what we are truly capable of.

If you were never tested, how would you know your deepest strength? If you were never faced with challenge, how would you learn to rise to the occasion?

I don't think that life was made to be easy...I think, perhaps, that life was made for us to grow.

In my life, growth has been messy and raw - it has been watered with tears and incubated in fire. And, looking back, I wouldn't trade it for anything. All we can do is try our best in each moment with the tools that we have.

So just close your eyes and reflect on just how far you've come and just how well you have done. You are growing and it can be so hard...and also so so so beautiful.