What starts slowly can still expand

There may be times in life where new beginnings feel like nothing more than blank pages:

How can you look forward to what’s new when so much remains unknown?

How do you muster up the energy for what’s ahead when the previous pages have left you drained?

It’s in these moments that it can be easy to forget: turning the page is a valuable act all on its own. It might feel like the smallest, most insignificant shift, but it still matters. So even before you find the right words to describe the feeling, figure out the details of what you need to carry on, and before you assemble the parts of a new dream, any moment from this moment forward is worth tending to even before it “becomes something.”

Haven’t found the “right words” yet? The fact that you’re even curious is a valuable step.

Still sorting out the details? The fact that you’re even aware that the details matter is worth acknowledging all on its own.

Assembling the parts of a new dream? The fact that you’ve even allowed yourself to dream, after everything you’ve been through, is a miracle all on its own.

Allow yourself to tend to new beginnings with care, right here. The seeds you’re sowing matter even before they start growing.

– Morgan Harper Nichols


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