Yes, exactly, @rhonda doruiter. I love the way you’ve said that. The middle is so often treated like an in-between, as though real life begins once we arrive somewhere else, but so much of our actual living happens here, in the becoming, the building, the messy, meaningful middle of it all. Thank you for capturing that so beautifully x
This is so beautiful, Kiran. Thank you for reminding all of us that it’s not just about the “Before” and the “After” versions of ourselves. That messy middle is something to embrace too. That becoming. It’s not always easy, because growth and change and leaving behind what was comfortable is hard, but there is something really beautiful about realizing that life is still unfolding even when it doesn’t feel finished yet.
Laurie, thank you so much. This is exactly it. We’re so often taught to focus on the before and after, as though the middle is just something to get through, but so much of life is actually lived there. In the unfinishedness. In the discomfort. In the becoming. It is not always easy, but there is something deeply comforting about remembering that life does not need to feel complete to still be meaningful and beautiful. Thank you for reading it so generously x
The middle isn’t a waiting room. It’s where life is actually lived.
Yes, exactly, @rhonda doruiter. I love the way you’ve said that. The middle is so often treated like an in-between, as though real life begins once we arrive somewhere else, but so much of our actual living happens here, in the becoming, the building, the messy, meaningful middle of it all. Thank you for capturing that so beautifully x
Thank you for this… I love how you expanded it into the becoming. That really stayed with me.
This is so beautiful, Kiran. Thank you for reminding all of us that it’s not just about the “Before” and the “After” versions of ourselves. That messy middle is something to embrace too. That becoming. It’s not always easy, because growth and change and leaving behind what was comfortable is hard, but there is something really beautiful about realizing that life is still unfolding even when it doesn’t feel finished yet.
Laurie, thank you so much. This is exactly it. We’re so often taught to focus on the before and after, as though the middle is just something to get through, but so much of life is actually lived there. In the unfinishedness. In the discomfort. In the becoming. It is not always easy, but there is something deeply comforting about remembering that life does not need to feel complete to still be meaningful and beautiful. Thank you for reading it so generously x