You Can’t Skip The Hard

“Stop wishing it was easier. Stop wishing it would happen faster. Stop wishing the struggle away. This is the part of your story where you build the resilience, the discipline, the self-respect. The part where you shed who you were and become who you're meant to be. Skip the hard, and you skip the growth. Skip the wait, and you skip the wisdom. You don't become strong by making the weight lighter. You become strong by lifting it. Day after day. Week after week. Until one day, you look up at the mirror-and meet the version of you you've been chasing all along.“