Grieving Your Former Self.

Who you once was should never overshadow who you can become.

Do you think a butterfly ever grieves its life as a caterpillar? Do you think a tree mourns its leaves when it releases them in autumn? Do you think the snake wonders if it would be better off in its old skin?

In the same way, as we grow and face a few hardships, we change. And that can be difficult to accept.

Sometimes this change happens intentionally, and sometimes it happens unintentionally.

It can be tempting to look back and try to manufacture who we once were into our current stage of life, but is that totally accepting of who we are in the present?

We can betray our present selves by wishing we were more like who we used to be. The truth is that sometimes parts of us die for new parts to emerge-and that’s for the better or for worse.

In order to make room for the next thing that Life wants to unfold for you, we may need to let go of things that no longer serve us. We may regress in areas where we believed we had made progress so that we might experience greater healing, humility, and self-compassion.

The only true gift we can offer ourselves is to be intrigued by who we are right now and to make the best of it.

Life will have its twists and turns. So grieve over versions of yourself that could not make it to this point in your life. But don’t get stuck there.

Be open about learning, celebrating, and squeezing every ounce of wisdom Life has to offer you now.

May you flourish bravely into your next.

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