One of the most comforting realizations I've had is that even when you feel stuck, nothing else is.
Life is constantly moving, constantly rearranging itself in ways we cannot see.
People are changing. Relationships are changing. Opportunities are appearing and disappearing. Entire futures are being shaped by conversations that haven't happened yet.
I think one of the reasons hopelessness feels so convincing is because we mistake our current circumstances for permanent ones.
But the world is not standing still just because we are.
- The person who changes your life may not have entered it yet.
- The opportunity you've been waiting for may not exist yet.
- The version of you that solves today's problems may not exist yet either.
Everything is in motion.
As long as you're still moving forward, you're participating in a future that has not been written yet.
And sometimes hope is nothing more than remembering that.
The beautiful thing about life is that it does get better, and God often likes to surprise you. The timeline's largely hidden – one day after the next til suddenly you're experiencing joys you never imagined, and all the sorrows in between are redeemed