💫🪞 Becoming Isn’t Always Beautiful (But It’s Always Yours)

 No one talks about the ugly parts of becoming.

The days when the tears surprise you in the bathroom.
When the grief tastes like metal.
When you outgrow something you still love — and you don’t know who you are without it.

Becoming isn’t always graceful.
It’s awkward.
It’s nonlinear.
It’s full of moments you’d never post… but that shape you the most.

💔 Growth Doesn’t Always Glow

Sometimes you don’t “rise like a phoenix.”
Sometimes you just wake up again.
Wipe your face.
Text a friend.
Delete a message you were never meant to send.

Sometimes you grow by resting.
By not replying.
By letting something go without an explanation.

And that’s still becoming.

This journey may not look beautiful…
But it’s always yours.

It didn’t look beautiful. But it looked like me.

🪞 You Don’t Owe Beauty

You don’t owe anyone a pretty process.
You don’t owe your healing to Instagram aesthetics.
You don’t even owe your younger self the version of success you once dreamed of.

You owe your truth.
Your presence.
Your strange, sacred rhythm.

This journey may not look beautiful…
But it’s always yours.

And that makes it holy

🕯️ Reflector Note:
If this post feels like something you’ve lived — or are still living — you might find resonance in my soul memoir:
✨ The Reflector’s Path – Becoming Me is now available on Amazon Kindle:
📖 https://a.co/d/3c0KvHz
🌸 You can also visit my Carrd to explore other reflections: https://hingslotus.carrd.co
~ HingsLotus 💫🪞