When You're Ready, This Is How You Heal

by Brianna Wiest

What if you found awe and reverence in the fact that there is a force so powerful protecting you — perhaps one you cannot even name or see or even believe in — that is refusing to let you have even the things you beg hardest for because there is something else you are so destined for?

We often come to believe that the things that are most right for us are the ones that give us the biggest emotions, and that is a mistake.The things that are truly right for us give us the deepest emotions.

We do not lose love when we lack passion, we lose it when we lack any further potential for growth.

What nobody tells you is that consistency outpaces talent.

Rather than leaning out of their emotions, resilient people get clear on what they feel and why.

Most people hang onto what they’ve known and what they think they want because they are too afraid of feeling the discomfort of not knowing.

It is not how much you have, but how much what you have makes you believe life is worth living.

You’re adjusting who you are on the outside to better reflect who you know you are on the inside, and it’s a bittersweet process. While it can be a pretty hard ego-hit to accept that you haven’t been the person you want to be, it’s quickly released in favor of the feeling of finally being true to yourself, which is invaluable and irreplaceable.

If you are truly worried about falling behind your peers, please ask yourself what you really think you’re falling behind on. So many people met every single milestone they were meant to and are no happier for it. This is because life is not about just going through the motions. Life is meant to be lived. Life is meant to be experienced.

Detaching from a relationship when we know it isn’t right is a sign that we no longer rely on others for our sense of stability and self, and it is often the first sign that we are more mentally strong and emotionally free than ever before.