Good Things Take Time

We live in a world where everything happens instantly. You can order food and have it at your door in 30 minutes. You can message someone across the world and get a reply in seconds. You can search for any answer and find it immediately. But some things in life don't work that way. The truth is, we're so used to instant results that we forget how real growth actually works. We forget that most meaningful things take time. Seeds don't become trees overnight. Skills aren't mastered in a day. Dreams don't come true the moment you wish for them. Some moments in life test us not by action, but by waiting. When we have done our part—studied, worked, and hoped—the only thing left is patience. And though waiting feels powerless, it is often the moment when the most important growth is happening beneath the surface. Today, I want to share a simple story about two farmers that changed how I think about waiting. The Story The first farmer plants his seeds and immediately start...
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Be Yourself This Year (Even When It’s Hard)

Dear Readers, Happy New Year! 🎉

A new year always feels like a fresh notebook—blank pages, new chances, and a long list of resolutions we hope to keep. If you’re still deciding what to put on that list, here’s one I really hope makes it on there:

Be yourself.

You have a unique voice. Don’t let it get drowned out by copying others or trying to fit into someone else’s version of “cool” or “successful.”

This reminder comes from a childhood tale that still feels surprisingly relevant.


There was once a donkey whose master also owned a little lap dog. The dog was the clear favorite. He got pats, kind words, and even special treats from the master’s plate. Every day, the dog would run to greet the master, jumping around happily and licking his face.

The Donkey watched all of this with growing jealousy. Even though he was well-fed, he worked hard every day and was mostly ignored.

One day, the Donkey decided the solution was simple: act like the dog.

So, he left his stable and clattered into the house. Seeing his master sitting at the dinner table, the Donkey began kicking up his heels, braying loudly, and prancing around knocking over the table in the process. Then he put his heavy front legs on the master’s knees and tried to lick his face, just like the dog.

It did not end well.

The chair collapsed, dishes shattered, and the master fell in shock. The servants rushed in and, seeing the danger, chased the Donkey back to the stable with kicks and blows. He was left alone to regret his foolish attempt to be something he wasn’t.

Moral: Be yourself.

High school is a tough place. It’s easy to feel invisible. Easy to compare yourself to others. Easy to think that if you just acted like them, you’d finally be accepted.

But pretending to be someone else doesn’t bring approval—it brings confusion and hurt. The real win comes from owning who you are, even when it feels harder.

So, this New Year, don’t resolve to be louder, cooler, or more like someone else.
Resolve to be you, because that’s already enough.

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