Don’t Rush the becoming

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Good morning. Welcome to Gentle Hours. I want you to take a deep breath in and release. Let's do that again. Let's take a deep breath in and release. For today, May 4th, and for this week, our phrase is give yourself permission to grow without rushing who you are becoming. And I want you to sit with that for a minute. Because you know, we live in a world that measures everything by speed. How fast you are healed, how quickly you move on, how soon you figure it out, how well you appear to have it all together. And you know, if you're not careful, you start measuring your life against clocks that were never designed with your journey in mind. But you know, growth, real growth, has never been something that could be rushed without consequence. There's a difference between movement and maturity. There's a difference between doing something quickly and doing it well. And a lot of us, if we are honest, we've mastered the art of moving fast, but we're still learning how to become old. Because somewhere along the way, we were taught that stillness meant stagnation, that taking your time meant you were falling behind, that if it didn't happen quickly, maybe it wasn't meant to happen at all. But I'd like to offer you a different perspective this morning. What if the time that it's taking is actually shaping you in ways that speed never could? What if the pauses, the moments where it feels like nothing is happening are actually the places where everything is being prepared? Because growth is not just about what people can see, it's about what people see beneath the surface. And anything that is meant to last will always take a little more time to build. So when we say give yourself permission to grow without rushing who you're becoming, what we're really saying is, you know, stop forcing yourself to arrive at destinations you haven't fully prepared for. Stop comparing your process to people who are completely on different paths. Stop trying to skip steps that were designed to strengthen you. Rushing has a cost. When you rush your healing, you carry pieces of what hurt you into places that require your wholeness. When you rush decisions, you often choose from pressure instead of clarity. When you rush becoming, you end up performing instead of embodying. And you deserve more than a performed version of yourself. You deserve to become, you know, fully, deeply, and honestly. And you know I know taking your time can feel uncomfortable. Especially when it seems like everyone else is moving ahead. Especially when you've been waiting, you've been praying, you've been working, and it still hasn't come together the way that you thought it would. But don't let the illusion of other people's timelines make you question your own. Because, you know, my baby, what's for you does not require you to rush into it prematurely. And what's meant to grow within you will unfold at a pace that allows you to actually sustain it. There's a kind of peace that comes when you stop trying to force your life into some kind of timeline and start allowing it to, you know, become with intention. And it doesn't mean you stop working. It doesn't mean you stop showing up. It means you stop pressuring yourself to become something overnight that has always meant to develop over time. Give yourself permission to learn without labeling yourself as behind. Give yourself permission to rest without calling it laziness. Give yourself permission to change your mind as you, you know, gain new understanding. Give yourself permission to not have it all figured out yet because you know becoming. Every lesson, every misstep, every quiet realization is contributing to the person you're growing into. So, you know, I want you to be gentle and with yourself in the process. Speak to yourself with patience. Hold space for your own evolution and trust that the pace you're moving at, my baby, is not a mistake. It's intentional. Because you are not late, you are layering, you are not behind, you are building, you are not wasting time, you are becoming. So today, as you move through your day, I want you to carry this with you. Give yourself permission to grow without rushing who you're becoming. Because it's necessary, and because the version of you that you're working towards deserves the time it takes to become real. I'll see you next week. Right here, together, the gentle hours.