What if you’re not behind?
What if you’re exactly where you need to be?
What if the timing isn’t off—
it’s sacred?
What if the pause was part of the path?
What if the detour was actually protection?
What if the slow season is where the power lives?
What if nothing is wrong with you?
What if you didn’t miss the window?
What if you’re still right on time?
What if the version of you that whispers,
"I should be further along by now,"
is just scared—
not wise?
What if the next chapter is only possible
because you waited?
What if integration looks like stillness?
What if healing isn’t linear?
What if your softness is not a delay—
but a design?
What if there’s no one to catch up to?
No prize for the fastest awakening?
No timeline to follow but your own breath?
What if the slow bloom lasts longer?
What if you gave yourself
the grace
to unfold
without apology?
What if right now
was enough?
What if you
are already enough?
—
Dee
(In your corner, always.)
I loved this!