I liked the distinction between letting something end and erasing what it meant. “Turning the page while keeping the book intact” captures that beautifully. Sometimes growth is not rejecting the version of us that built something, but recognizing that what it built has become too small to hold what comes next.
Yes exactly, because so many of us as we grow we many times want to throw out who we were with the thinking that version of ourselves was wrong or bad. It neither. In fact we aren’t the person we are today without those experiences.
Exactly. I think there is a difference between outgrowing an earlier version of ourselves and deciding that version was somehow a mistake. Even the parts we would choose differently now still helped shape the person who is able to see things differently today.
That is a good question. Some things probably were mistakes, but others may only look that way because we are judging an earlier version of ourselves with what we know now. At the time, we were making choices with the understanding, circumstances, and needs we had then.
I beg to differ, that there are no mistakes because each and every thing that we do, don’t do, don’t do it right or do it right is learnings for us. I look back at my life and boy have I made “mistakes” and as I look at myself today, those seemingly mistakes have guided me and aligned me to my Creator in a way I couldn’t imagine. So, was it a mistake or an education to awaken a different part of me—that part that is conversing with you today.
I liked the distinction between letting something end and erasing what it meant. “Turning the page while keeping the book intact” captures that beautifully. Sometimes growth is not rejecting the version of us that built something, but recognizing that what it built has become too small to hold what comes next.
Yes exactly, because so many of us as we grow we many times want to throw out who we were with the thinking that version of ourselves was wrong or bad. It neither. In fact we aren’t the person we are today without those experiences.
Exactly. I think there is a difference between outgrowing an earlier version of ourselves and deciding that version was somehow a mistake. Even the parts we would choose differently now still helped shape the person who is able to see things differently today.
Yes. 🙌🏻 💯 and… was it even a mistake to begin with?
That is a good question. Some things probably were mistakes, but others may only look that way because we are judging an earlier version of ourselves with what we know now. At the time, we were making choices with the understanding, circumstances, and needs we had then.
I beg to differ, that there are no mistakes because each and every thing that we do, don’t do, don’t do it right or do it right is learnings for us. I look back at my life and boy have I made “mistakes” and as I look at myself today, those seemingly mistakes have guided me and aligned me to my Creator in a way I couldn’t imagine. So, was it a mistake or an education to awaken a different part of me—that part that is conversing with you today.
Love the new name and direction, Gemi! May Allah grant you tawfiq in this new endeavor 🤲🏻
Ameen!