You’re Not Behind: Making Peace with Where You Are

We live in a world that runs on timelines. Graduate by this age. Be married by that one. Have your career figured out, your healing wrapped up, your purpose in motion—preferably yesterday.

So when life doesn’t move according to plan, it’s easy to feel like you’re falling behind.

But let’s get honest for a second: behind what? And according to who?

We put so much pressure on ourselves to “keep up”—to meet invisible deadlines and live up to expectations we never consciously agreed to. And somewhere along the way, we forget that healing takes time. Growth isn’t always linear.

What if you’re not behind at all?

What if you’re exactly where you’re supposed to be—even if it doesn’t feel like it?

Becoming Isn’t Always Obvious

The truth is, becoming whole doesn’t always look like progress. Sometimes it looks like rest. Like wrestling with your thoughts. Like setting boundaries that people don’t understand. Like walking away from what no longer aligns. Like releasing the version of you that stayed too long.

There’s a special kind of growth that happens in the quiet. In the stillness. In the waiting. That in-between space? That’s where your roots grow deeper.

Just because it’s not loud doesn’t mean it’s not real.

You’re Doing More Than You Think

If you’ve been showing up for yourself—even in small ways—please know that’s not nothing. That’s hard work. That’s becoming.

It’s not about catching up. It’s about coming home to yourself. Honoring your own rhythm. Trusting the process—even when you can’t see where it’s going.

So if today finds you tired, uncertain, or quietly doing the work no one claps for, I want you to hear this:

You’re not failing. You’re not behind. You’re becoming!

Gentle Reflection

What does progress look like for you right now? Not what it used to look like… not what it looks like for someone else. What does becoming mean in this season?