In the discomfort is where we find who we are, where we grow, where we become better and more resilient versions of ourselves.
In the discomfort, we learn what makes us tick. We find people and opportunities that shape the way we see the world. We encounter pain that teaches us to heal in ways we’ve never tried to before.
In the discomfort, we learn that unanswered prayers are blessings all on their own. We see how to survive without the people we thought we’d have by our side forever. We discover the inherent ability within us to fight, pursue, and continue, even in the wake of brokenness.
In the discomfort, we’re pushed to be different people. We’re forced to shift the way we react, the way we love, the way we become. In the discomfort we find who we’re truly capable of being. And that’s not something we stumble upon when our world’s safe and all makes sense.
We don’t grow if we’re always standing still. If we’re forever clinging to what we know, too afraid to try anything else.
We don’t grow if we don’t let life happen to us, if we resist anything that feels unfamiliar, if we hate discomfort too much to learn anything from it.
But just like the mix of sounds all around me, just like the constant ebb and flow of relationships, conversations, life itself—we’re never stuck in one place. And this is a good thing.
Learn to be comfortable in the discomfort. Maybe what that means is to simply hold on through the tough moments. Because those moments will shape us. Because those moments are temporary.Because those moments will lead us down the
path we’re meant to be on. Because those moments are the ones that actually help us answer the questions we have in our heads.
