Bismillah
يا رب ارحمنا
Spirits are wanting me to write this morning. The topic we need to discuss is the meaning of growth. Growth to me is by default and by definition collective. Yes we grow individually and achieve things, but we can also share the burden of the work that we have for the world and achieve more. The meaning of growth lies in the underlying values we have, and those values shape how we see the world, who we are and what we’ve become.
It takes one person to make a difference, but it takes many to accomplish towards that goal and the vision that a person has created. In that sense, our relationships with the outside world and how we are seen and how we see things are the keys 🔑 to success. Knowing how to build a network. In which light we allow the emotions to go through when we are impressed or when we are disappointed, how do we find new ways to forgive, let go and grow in a sense of collective love. A space we hold for healing to be able to bring the best out of ourselves and everyone around us. Such work to me when manifested at individual levels can perpetuate changes that are beyond each and every one of us understanding. A domino affect.
Those individual changes become aligned when we share similar values. Values such as faith, loyalty, discipline, self-love, self-care, patience, forgiveness, honesty, and hope; understanding the importance of them in our day-to-day life. Implementing them, going above to standup for them, and doing what it takes to implement them. Some of these values can be quite harder to implement than others. What we are conditioned to or how we conditioned ourselves make some changes harder than others, the goal is to step out of bad habits & cycles and keep up with the change when we start without overworking ourselves or quitting. There is a saying in Farsi that says “The man is the one who goes in life consistently and slowly and not the one who goes too fast or too slow” Indeed a difficult balance. New habits take time to form and patience shows itself there. Patience develops as we learn to surrender and relax in a space that has faith. Everything is a process and change is not overnight. The sun takes about 12 hours every night to come back up in part of the world we can’t expect to go faster than the speed caused by gravity pull between the whole mass of the earth and the sun. But we sometimes do! I am guilty of it. When we choose to change directions and repeat, that’s when change becomes a possibility, it becomes easy. Time is running, and hopefully I channeled enough for you to start your day with a grateful heart to send thanks to the sky and remember hope inshallah.
God bless,
Ava