Not everything is comfortable…and I’ve come to learn that, that is okay. The discomfort is actually where the growth happens.

 

But that doesn’t mean it’s easy to sit with.

 

I used to think that ease meant alignment...that if something was meant for me, it would come gently. That pain meant something was wrong. But I’ve started to understand that ease and discomfort can coexist—and that both are teachers, just in different tones.

 

Ease reminds me I am safe.

Discomfort reminds me I am stretching.

 

One nurtures. The other builds.

I need both.

 

I’m practicing being open—to the softness and the soreness. To the lessons I didn’t ask for, and the ones that come like gifts. I don’t have to enjoy every part of growth to trust that it’s shaping me. I don't have to like the ache to learn from the stretch. So this week, I am open to learning through both ease and discomfort.