Growth doesn’t feel like glory. It feels like friction. Like shedding skin that once felt safe. I used to run from discomfort—numb it, avoid it, label it as wrong. But now I see it as sacred. Discomfort is the doorway. The invitation. The proof that I’m not standing still. Today, I don’t resist the stretch. I lean into it. Because the ache is holy.
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