When your life feels different No matter how your story unfolds, never forget to be gentle with yourself. Life doesn't come with one path, one order, or one rulebook. Some people stumble into success at twenty while others bloom at forty, and both are equally valid. Loss can come without warning, shaking the ground you stand on, and love can appear later than you imagined, steady and whole. We get so caught up comparing timelines, thinking we are late, or that we ve missed our chance, when in truth, life has always been unfolding in its own mysterious rhythm. What matters is not when things happen, but that they happen in their time. What matters is not how closely your life matches someone else's, but how true you remain to your own journey. On that journey, you will need kindness—the kind you give to yourself when everything feels uncertain, the kind that tells you it's okay not to have it all figured out yet. You will not miss what's meant for you, and you will not fail at living simply because your timeline looks different. The beauty of your path is that it belongs to you alone. And however it happens, however it twists and turns, you'll be okay.