Trust the Process

Trust the Process - I don't know about you, but I find myself coming across this message over and over again.

Maybe it's because I need this reminder myself. I need to trust it, and believe that everything happens exactly when it's meant to happen.

On the first day of this year, I drew a rune stone to see what message it had for me for the year ahead. The message was simple: patience.

Maybe you've already read in one of my previous blog posts that life blessed me with the patience of a Buddhist monk. And yet, when it comes to myself, I still have to practice this ancient sense of trust and surrender. The past few years have shown me again and again that I always ended up exactly where I needed to be. I just didn't always know, at that moment, what the lesson was.

I think we often forget to lean back and enjoy the process, because in the end, everything will unfold in the way that is best for us.

Once, someone asked me why I wanted to rush things. Why did I want to achieve my goals overnight? What would keep motivating me if everything simply fell into my lap with the snap of a finger? That question really made me think, because it was so true.

Because if you don't enjoy the journey and learn to appreciate it — with all its challenges and beautiful moments — then how will you truly enjoy the destination?

A year ago, I wanted Mariposart to grow faster. Today, I'm grateful it didn't. I needed that slower pace to learn everything I'm using now. If everything had happened overnight, I wouldn't have become the person I needed to become to build it.

It's not easy to remind myself of this every single day, but whenever I do, that's when the real magic happens, because life has proven it to me time and time again.

May this be your gentle reminder to trust the process, even when you can't yet see the whole picture.

With love,

Monika 🦋