Inspired

This little quote hit me hard and inspired some blogging.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝗜 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. Love can be confused with 𝗔𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗮 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗿, 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗷𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗼𝘂𝘀𝘆 𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗱. 𝗡𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 real 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲. 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞. 𝗘𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗼 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂. 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐠𝐨.

𝗔𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿, 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗽. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗸. 𝗪𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗰 𝗼𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵. 𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝘂𝗴𝗹𝘆 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂. Learn to l𝗲𝘁 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗴𝗼 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦. 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 some people will n𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀. 𝐃𝐨 not 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗼𝗯 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗲. 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗴𝗶𝗳𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳. 𝗜𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗿.

𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗷𝘂𝗱𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲. 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂. The kind of p𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗼 𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗴𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗽 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝘆 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲. 𝗣𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗲𝗻𝗷𝗼𝘆 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝘂𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴. 𝗣𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘆 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻’𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀. 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁.

𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 and this is okay. 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 people who were once the 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂. 𝗜𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗮𝘄𝗸𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 for a while. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿. Your people will support your growth. 𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗼 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼 friends 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗽𝘂𝘀𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁. 𝗔𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 epitomize the 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 that 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳. 𝗔𝘀 𝘄𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 better ways 𝘄𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲. 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱. 𝗜𝘁’𝘀 completely 𝗻𝗲𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗿𝘆. “𝗦𝗵𝗲’𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗱.” 𝗬𝗲𝘀 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁. 𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀 then you know 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄. 𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗿𝗮𝘄 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳. You need time and space to 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘀. This is when real change happens. 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 individuals 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀.