Artist: Debra Cartwright "What does growth feel like to you?" Stagnant. Suffocating. The most uncomfortable feeling I've ever felt. In some moments I'm not sure if I'm growing or breaking. I feel myself falling apart but I'm not sure if I'm shedding, producing a new layer, or if I'm broken. Simply, I feel raw. Completely exposed to the world and every element. I don't recognize myself, physically or mentally. It's the most difficult thing I've ever gone through. One thing I can't deny, and it's the reminder I have to reassure me that this is growth, and it's the aches. The aches are growing pains and I remind myself that the pain has the potential to birth a new strength. Everyday I wake up amazed by the fact that I'm up to see a new day and that I made it through yesterday; I survived. One day I asked myself "How?", and that's when I knew it was because I had become stronger. ...
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