Patience and progress

This forum has saved my life, a million times over. I just ran into an old post of mine and I was impressed to see how much I’ve changed from a year ago. It’s cool to see the progress.

I think a lot of progress we have is invisible— because we’re going at this from two directions— internally and externally. If you focus only on the physical, you’ll miss all the changes you’re making internally.

The physical is there too. But the improvement appears more slowly, like how a garden grows. First one little plant, one tiny seedling, then another little seedling. You wonder, when will this whole thing be ripe?

In my heart I know… patience is going to be at the bottom of it all.

 

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So awesome.
Your analogy reminds me of what they say about bamboo trees - apparently they spend 5 years underground and then in the fifth year they grow to 80 feet tall!
Even when we don't always see growth happening, it's there!

Thanks for this reminder and for helping light the way for others like me who are just starting on this journey!