“Growth often begins where comfort ends.”

We are taught to smooth things over.

To ease tension.
To make it better.

But sometimes discomfort is necessary.

When you hold a boundary,
someone else may feel restricted.

When you step back,
someone else may feel abandoned.

That doesn’t mean you are wrong.

Discomfort is not damage, it is often the beginning of awareness.

If you rush to remove it,
you may interrupt the very lesson trying to unfold.

Let others wrestle with their feelings.
Let yourself remain grounded.

Growth rarely happens in perfect harmony.

It happens in the space where truth meets resistance.

-Kerri-Elizabeth-

Tomorrow: The difference between reaction and response.