There are seasons when the life you once prayed for no longer feels like the life you are supposed to remain in.

And that can be confusing. Because nothing may necessarily be wrong. You may simply feel different. What once satisfied you doesn’t anymore. What once felt comfortable begins to feel restrictive. What once felt like home begins to feel like somewhere you have already been.

And sometimes, instead of honoring what we feel, we criticize ourselves for it. Why can’t I just be satisfied? Why do I always feel like something needs to change? Why can’t I just stay where I am and be content? But what if the desire for change isn’t always a sign of discontentment? What if sometimes it is evidence of becoming?

You Are Allowed to Outgrow What Once Fit

Growth changes you. Healing changes you. Experience changes you. And when you change, it is only natural that some of the things surrounding you may no longer fit the same way. That doesn’t make the old season bad. It doesn’t mean you made the wrong decision when you chose it. And it certainly doesn’t mean you are ungrateful. It may simply mean that season served the version of you who needed it at the time. But you are not her anymore. One of the hardest parts of becoming is accepting that you cannot always take everything from your previous season into your next one.

Sometimes growth requires release.

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Life Coaching with Charisse