Growth does not mean never lying in bed, crying out of frustration over things you cannot change.

Growth is feeling the pain, recognizing and acknowledging its presence, but being able to tell yourself it will not last and truly believing it won't.

Growth doesn’t have to be one giant leap that gets you from Point A to Point B. It can be a meter, a centimeter, hell, even a millimeter forward to get to who you aim to be.

Growth doesn’t have to mean perfection, never occasionally slipping back into your old ways. It’s catching yourself instead of letting yourself fall through the cracks.

Life is a journey which teaches us so much, and the lessons can be painful ones. We have to not just get used to it or be numbed by it, we have to be able to go past it. To growth, to healing, to peace.