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Personal growth isn’t graceful.
Isn’t it awful.
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We’re going to make so many mistakes, friends. I

We’re going to make so many mistakes, friends. I used to think that when I made a mistake, the whole tower was going to crumble behind me. That losing my footing meant that I was already falling, I was already face planted in the dirt. That the only way to fix it was to start fresh—which, at times, was impossible.

If it was impossible, why bother? Why not just keep rolling down the hill until I reached the bottom and start fresh from there? The way down was fun sometimes, because it took so much pressure off the demands I’d set for myself. And when I started again, I’d most certainly do it perfectly.

But…I could only head down so many times before it became a pattern. So what I’m learning is that I can stop myself before I hit the bottom. And if I do this, the climb back up is that much shorter. My waiting for this perfect version of myself just wasn’t going to happen. Life still has too many lessons for me to learn.

That’s all it is when you fall, friends. It’s not a go ahead to keep tumbling down, but a reminder of what you’re working for.

The journey is the cost of getting there. ❤️✌️
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It is hard to put words to paper, to give them per

It is hard to put words to paper, to give them permanence.

But if you can find the courage to do so, you might find that they can build momentum, a life even. To start your story is to begin to understand who you are and how to get there. ✨
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We like to imagine that growth is graceful, don’

We like to imagine that growth is graceful, don’t we? That we’ve come out of our cocoon, ready to take on the weight and realities of whatever world we are living in.

But growth isn’t graceful. It’s more of a belly in the dirt sort of squirm to the other side of the swamp. We know it, too. Before the journey begins, we usually have to swallow the fact that we’ve got to lie down in the mud-in the mess of it all and flop around awhile until the realization comes.

It will come, of course. If you don’t call it quits and head for the showers, that elevation will overtake you, as long as you’re willing to sit with the grittiness of the world all around you.

At least for a little while. ✨
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I hope that my spirit, when it’s time to go, fli

I hope that my spirit, when it’s time to go, flies free. Away from graveyards and churches, outdated halls and sad songs.

Instead, I want to soar with all the creatures I loved before, lost to the wind, with only a tree to outlast me. #poems #inlife #wishesforlife #indeath #mothernatureheals #wordsforthesoul #thelorax @oldwoodhollowfarm

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