My Top 10 Quotes About Growth

As our life continues, we grow. We learn, see and experience things that changes and shapes who we are and our perspective of the world.

Sometimes there are difficult choices that we must make . This could be actions that we must take even if others don’t like it. This could be people that we must set boundaries with to allow our mental health to heal and grow even if they don’t like it. This could be behaviors and disciplines that challenges us when we don’t feel like it. This could be mindsets that goes against what we were raised growing up to know because we’ve learned to see things differently from our parents.

There will be people who support, and people who are against it. I believe in growth. This does not mean hurting other people intentionally, but doing something that you know is best for yourself to learn and grow even if others don’t believe you.

This is for you who is growing against all odds, to help your mental, physical, and emotional health and growth.

*I try to find the original speaker if I can, otherwise they are listed as “unknown!” (If you know who said the unknown quotes, please let me know!)*

Enjoy them in no particular order and let me know what you think!

“It’s okay to grow so much that nobody knows who you are anymore. Don’t look to the approval of others for your mental stability. If you’re rejected, move on. Don’t shrink yourself to fit the person you’ve outgrown. Live in your purpose. Love in your truth. Be your higher self.”
“We think of failure and success as opposites. When in reality, failure is a part of success.”
“Everyone’s growth looks different.”
“You wouldn’t plant a seed and then dig it up every few minutes to see if it has grown. So why do you keep questioning yourself, your hard work and your decisions? Have patience, stop overthinking and keep watering your seeds.”
“Just because you aren’t making progress ‘fast’ doesn’t mean you aren’t making progress! Keep going.”
“I’m working to better my life for myself and my family. I have no time to worry about what others think of me.”
“The pain you feel today is the strength you feel tomorrow. For every challenge encountered, there is opportunity for growth.” – Nicole
“Whenever you find yourself doubting how far you can go, just remember how far you have come. Remember everything you have faced, all the battles you have won, and all the fears you have overcome.”
“Some steps need to be taken alone. It’s the only way to really figure out where you need to go and who you need to be.” – Mandy Hale
“I am learning everyday to allow the space between where I am and where I want to be to inspire me and not terrify me.” – Tracee Ellis Ross

*Disclosure that I do not own the quotes and pictures*

This next picture is something that I relate to on a deep level with my own personal growth.

As I continued my education and growth as an individual, my mindset and viewpoint of other people and the world changed. I grew as person different from what my traditional parents expected. I fell in love with a man outside of my ethnicity, they wanted me to reconsider to dating someone my own ethnicity, I said no and we are still together 2 years later. I wanted to move out to live on my own, they guilted me by saying that I don’t love them and should save money by staying, I stayed strong in my conviction to move and I did. I was guilted that I should still listen to my parents, otherwise, why do I have parents. But I did listen growing up. I listened, until I realized that my mental health suffered in quiet resentment to explosive anger for all the choices I did not pick because I was guilted to not do it because they did not like it. There were daily tears, fights, door slams, guilt-trips, and more emotional chains that were pulled as I kept crawling my way toward where I wanted to go.

But I did it.

I moved out after many destructive months of fighting with my parents and got an apartment with my partner. My mental health went from explosive anger with any accusations thrown at me, to a calm that I’ve never felt before at my parents’ home.

My parents and I have a way better relationship than we did before I moved out. I still see them weekly, and I believe that the distance that I created helped both my parents and I grow subconsciously. I do not shame or hate the way they raised me, they grew up with their own traumas and raised me the best way they knew to protect me also. And I grew up well. I thank a lot of my experiences growing up and the choices I made because of them because it helped mold me with my morals and ethics that I still carry with me today.

However, I am choosing to grow in the way that I want, and not what my parents or anyone else in the present and future want. And that is okay.

I am continuing to grow without guilt.