"There is no need for you to rush. Time moves quickly, but it will not move any quicker than it is moving right now. You are free to slow down, Be present to this moment. Let it be the place where you find rest as you wait for what's to come."

There are times where you need to hit the ground running, and there are also times where you need to rest. You have spent so much of your life trying to keep up with the pace of everyone else, making intentional times to set goals to aim higher, to go further, but tell me, how much intentional time have you given to rest? To breathe deep, even when there are things to do, and realize that every single part of you needs to slow down and just be for a while? Your body needs it. Your heart needs it. Your mind definitely needs it. I know you feel like knowing it all and doing it all is what’s being asked of you, but I promise you, even then, you have to slow down and take care of yourself. You do not have to figure everything out tonight. You do not have to punch through every list this week. Prioritize. Minimize. Realize: You are not selfish for doing this. You do not have to be productive every moment. Yes, you are a hard worker, and yes, you are “giving your all,” but may never forget to give your all to rest, too. You need it. You really do. Tomorrow will come when it comes. The future will be here when it is meant to be here. But for now, you are here, and you are free to rest in this space.

There is rest to be found right now, even before the things you care about are all sorted out. Even before you know how things will go, you are allowed to trust, believe, with a deeply rooted hope. And even though you still have these unknowns, and there is a little more to time ahead of you as you wait for answers, may you know that even here, you are free to hope for the best, without knowing what comes next, because no matter what happens, by grace, there will be room for new beginnings.

And if your new beginnings look a little differently than how you thought they would, things will still come together for the better, for the good. You might see certain doors close, but it is just likely that you will see other doors open. You might see relationships change, but it is still possible, in the end, they were changing for the better. It is possible that you are becoming wiser, and you are on the heels of stepping into a season with an entirely new way of seeing things.

And no matter what happens, there will be stories to tell; stories of hope, stories of grace, stories of how you gathered strength and wisdom and learned the art of being okay. Even with the weight of unanswered questions resting on your shoulders, you begin to see that as sure as with every day you were growing a little older, you were also becoming a little wiser, and growing in your ability to cling to hope. Even when things were changing, and so much remained unknown.

More tomorrow...
Sincerely,
Morgan Harper Nichols

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