November 6, 2025- The best version of us

You can accept that what got you to this point won’t work to get you into the future – that you need to build some new strengths and skills.

~Arthur Brooks

More than one thing can be true at the same time. We can feel a sense of accomplishment for the work we have done, while understanding that we have work left to do. We can accept our flaws while offering ourselves unconditional love, and truly believing we are worthy of it. We can own our mistakes while celebrating our success.

Whatever we have done to bring us to today is done. We have made our mistakes. We have taken away valuable lessons from those mistakes. We have made corrections in our lives that were needed, and we have made some that steered us farther off course. We have persevered, and here we are. Let’s now acknowledge that we are not fully formed, and let’s get to work.

The space between what we are and what we would like to be must not be filled with shame. If we were already as evolved as we plan to be, what would be the need to go on living? There is work ahead of us. That work will lead to growth. That growth will alter our perspective, revealing even more change that is needed. There will forever be a space between us and the best version of us, and in that space is opportunity. Fill that space with self love.