05/26/2026
“Trust the process,” is a tricky thing to say to someone when they are moving through an achingly hard season of life. So I don’t say it lightly, I say it to offer hope. I say it because I’ve been there and I know what it’s like to feel like there’s no way out. The unfortunate thing is pain comes for all of us. In different shapes and forms. But pain nonetheless. None of us can escape it (trust me I’ve tried). But what if we began to see pain as an opportunity? What if rejection, break ups, set backs are actually set-ups, divine preparation, and even divine protection? What if they are pushing and pulling you even further down your path? I don’t have all the answers and I’m not going to pretend to, but I find comfort in this theory. This idea that life will sometimes pull you backwards before it launches you forward into alignment. There were seasons of my life that felt deeply unfair. Moments where I thought everything was falling apart, and to be quite honest, did fall apart. Shattered into what felt like millions of pieces that I was left to pick up, again and again. Moments where I felt behind everyone else. But looking back now, I can see how every “wrong turn” was actually redirection. I can see how so much beauty came from the ugly I went through. And I have a sneaky suspicion you can think of at least one or two things that came from ugly moments for you, too. The very things I thought were ruining my life… became the things that changed it. I think a lot of us are in the “pull back” phase right now and assuming it means failure. But what if this season is actually recalibrating you? What if things are being removed because they no longer match where you’re headed? What if your soul can see farther than your current circumstances can? All good things to think about, I suppose. The slingshot always stretches backward before it launches forward. So I hope you don’t mind when I say, trust the process a little longer, because as I have been through it I thought I’d tell you.
Save this and come back to it as many times as you need or don’t. Up to you. Sending love!!
-Onward🏹
