Growth Is Not Perfection
Growth does not mean becoming perfect. Perfection is an impossible destination. Growth is movement.
You will make mistakes. You will have difficult days. You will sometimes lose your patience. You will sometimes choose badly. You will sometimes return to an old habit you thought you had overcome. None of this automatically means you have failed.
The question is not:
“Did I make a mistake?”
The better question is:
“What will I do next?”
A mistake can become a dead end, or it can become a lesson. A setback can become an excuse, or it can become an opportunity to develop resilience. A difficult season can make us bitter, or it can deepen our understanding of ourselves and others. Growth does not remove difficulty from life.
It changes our capacity to meet difficulty.
