GROWING pains Growth doesn't happen when peace arrives. It happens on the hard days. The days where darkness prevails and discomfort are forged into the moments you want to give up, but you choose not to give in. Growth happens in the quiet moments when no one is watching because real growth doesn't need to be loud, it doesn't look refined, and it doesn't need validation from others to be real. It's messy. It's uncomfortable. It's painful. But it's honest. Growth is choosing courage over comfort because blooming doesn't happen anywhere you confine. It's not until you truly step away from comfort. You don't grow by staying where it's easy. Growth is still choosing to become even when it's hard. Peace is the reward, but struggle is where transformation comes alive.