We want growth to be a straight line.
New insight, new habit, new life.
Real change does not work like that.
It comes in waves.
Forward, back, pause, repeat.
The old pattern is to treat every setback as proof.
“Nothing is working.”
“This is just who I am.”
“I am already behind.”
Patience is not doing nothing.
It is staying with the process long enough for it to work on you.
It is trusting that slow work can still be real work.
Your brain and body need repetition.
New circuits take time to wire in.
Old protections take time to relax.
Think of seasons.
You do not yell at winter because it is not spring yet.
You understand there are cycles you do not control.
Love, here, is staying on your own side while you grow.
Letting yourself be a work in progress without calling it failure.