Embracing the early stages

You are allowed to recognize your own strengths and let them inform who you are. In the same way an acorn is fully an acorn before becoming an oak tree, you too, are someone who matters at every stage of growth…even when others haven’t yet seen who you could be…and even before you yourself know what further growth will look like. Just as acorns must be gathered at the right time to ensure their potential is realized, amidst all of the ideas out there on how to grow and improve, you are allowed to seek out ways to say “I like who I am” long before your talents and capabilities are recognized by others. Yes, an acorn keeps growing and changing, but it matters, as it is, from the very start. – Morgan Harper Nichols