It’s okay if the meaning of something only shows up years later. Some letters take a long time to arrive.
REFLECTION
WHAT THIS MEANS
Understanding runs behind experience, sometimes by years. At the time an event is just a thing that happened and the part that will matter is not labeled. Then a day arrives when it suddenly explains something, and the delay turns out to have been necessary.
Let a few things stay unfiled rather than demanding a lesson from them immediately. Keep a note of the ones you do not understand yet. When one of them opens later, you will be glad you wrote it down while the details were sharp.
A QUESTION TO SIT WITH
Which old event has still not explained itself to you?
MORE IN MEANING & PERSPECTIVE
- In a hundred years nobody will remember what you wore to the dance. They might remember who you were kind to.
- Looking back, the “wasted” summer might be the one where you figured out who you were.
- Friend groups usually shrink as you get older. It can feel like loss and still leave you with the ones who fit.
Free, with nothing to buy inside it.