sometimes growth hurts, but it is the type of pain that is easier to endure because it is helping us come forward as a better version of ourselves. - Yung Pueblo

essentials to remember on tough days: practice patience accept what you feel do not punish yourself make sure you get good rest give yourself ample kindness accomplish smaller goals that day do things that will calm your mind a bad moment does not equal a bad life struggle can be a space for deep growth this current discomfort is not permanent

if you measure

the length

of your ego,

it will equal

the distance

between you

and your freedom

if you

are far away

from yourself,

how could

you ever be

close to another?

forcing ourselves
to be happy is not
genuine or useful
being honest
about what we feel,
while remaining calm
and aware
is the real work.