Growth is not a straight path.
It is a spiral staircase,
a field of setbacks and blooms.
You will outgrow places, people,
versions of yourself you once prayed to stay in.
You will grieve comfort,
and still stretch toward the light.
Sometimes, healing will feel like breaking.
But it is not destruction —
it is transformation.
Like a seed breaking open underground,
you will rise,
again and again,
from the dark —
into your own becoming.
There is no timeline for blooming.
Just the courage to keep reaching.
