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Growing Pains


Growing Pains

As I reflect on my life journey and how far I've come/grown, I can honestly bear witness to the testament that "growth is a beautiful thing".......but beauty is pain or at least the process to it is. And not just the the physical pain/aftermath of personal grooming methods for vanity purposes, oftentimes the pain is internal(mental, emotional & even spiritual) especially on the road to finding your own true, eternal beauty rather than simply temporarily manufacturing it. It takes a lot of truth facing, soul searching, self exploring and ugly recognition/acknowledgement before one finally arrives to the beauty of it all. That's because the beauty of it all is the lessons learned, wisdom gained and the growth that has taken place as a result of that process. So, yes growth is a beautiful thing and I believe there is no such thing as true beauty independent of growth.....but the process of growing is pain, so beauty is pain. I think it's important to remember that because all too often we over celebrate the arrival and under appreciate the journey(especially from the outside looking in perspective). See, our growing pains doesn't end after our years of adolescence that's merely just the preliminaries. Our growing pains shall continue for as long as growth takes place. And as one continues to dig deeper into their higher self, growth is not only required but inevitable. So, growing pains are pretty much a lifetime thing just as learning, because it's the pains of growth that are our teachers in the school of life. There's no way to achieve one(growth) without gaining the other(learning). So, if you're growing or welcome/seek growth then embrace pain....or at the very least accept it. And if you're experiencing pain then expect & anticipate growth....and that is the beauty of your pain. Perhaps the most beautiful of it all is that the pain you experience is only temporary while the growth acquired is eternal("a mind stretched by a new experience can never go back to it's old dimensions."-Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr) and growth is a beautiful thing!


"Yes I am wise but it's wisdom born of pain. Yes I've paid the price, but look how much I gained."
-Helen Reddy

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