growth feels uncomfortable because you've outgrown the old ways of being within yourself, and the new ways of being still aren't familiar so they feel unsafe. at the same time, there are parts of your old self that you miss, but also fear of a new chapter because you've never done it before.

i know that once this period of distress is over, good wi

I don’t have all the answers, and I get things wrong all the time. But I no longer fight against my nature. My life is filled with love, with deeply loving people, because I care too much. How could I resent that? My capacity to attach to others also my capacity to attach to the world.
— Ava