Growth

It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.

--- Agnes Repplier

We all grow older but not necessarily wiser.  While I am still walking gingerly it has not escaped me how I am growing.  My foot is healing and that in its own way is a growth process.  Also, these past few weeks I have had to depend on others for a lot of help and support as I recover.  This is growth. 

I was raised to be very independent and not rely on others for help.  Being unable to do many things for myself (carrying my own plate) added insult to my injury.  I now realize that this situation developed so that I would have an opportunity to grow.  I accomplished many more things during my recovery because I asked for help.  It would be easy to beat myself up about how many more things I could have accomplished over the course of my life if I had been prone to ask for help.  Instead I accept myself as I am, acknowledge my growth and continue to move forward.  This is growth.

It is hard from day to day to realize how much we grow, mature and evolve but we should aim to better ourselves always.