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I hope you see that hustle doesn’t equate to happiness.

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Living slowly allows you space to be grateful for a present that’s been given to you or be apologetic when a sorry is in order.

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It starts in your bones. Waves of uncertainty. Creaking. Crying. Tired.

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The time you set aside to simply slow down, to be present, to live without focusing on what’s coming next—that’s what sets you free.

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Following God is not a competition, not a fleeting pleasure, not something that can negatively consume you and leave you empty, and still longing to be filled.

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I’m still trying to figure out a way to soften my edges without losing my sharp. Still trying to slow the hell down without losing my ferocity.

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Maybe plants are just one giant metaphor for the way this world works. Sometimes we have to fall down to learn how to get back up again. Sometimes we have to lose what we’ve held dear in order to chase what’s of value. Sometimes we have to say goodbye because everything is impermanent, we ourselves are impermanent, and goodbyes are healthy sometimes.

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If you really want something, the first step starts with you.

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Life can be more powerful than us but we still know how to win. We know how to battle. We know how to fight back.

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I’m learning the beauty of living in a place of ‘enoughness.’ Where right now is enough. Where I am enough. Where the people around me are more than enough. Where love is enough.