Tested

Consider an untested airbag. A parachute that hasn’t been inspected. A bridge made from steel of unknown strength.

There are times we feel like we’re under a microscope. Times we face significant challenges. Times our psychological strength is tested.

But in a way — in order for us to become fully ourselves — we have to be seen ... have to be challenged … have to be tested.

And instead of seeing these moments as “this is preventing me from being me,” ... perhaps we can see them as closer to what they are: “I’m becoming me.”