What Struggle Teaches Us: Lessons from the Messy Middle 💭💪

Let’s talk about struggle.

Not the Instagrammable kind with cute quotes and productivity hacks. Not the “I’m just sooo busy but #blessed” kind. I mean the real kind. The late-night, can’t-catch-your-breath, what-is-even-happening-right-now kind. 😔🌪️

The kind that cracks you open and changes your internal landscape forever.

We’re Taught to Fear Struggle… But What If It’s a Sacred Teacher? 📚

From childhood, we’re often rewarded for ease: getting it right the first time, being fast learners, staying out of trouble. Struggle? It gets labeled as failure. As weakness. As something to avoid or hide.

But real talk? Some of the most powerful versions of ourselves are born in the middle of the mess. 🧱🧬

Struggle Has a Way of...

• 🔥 Stripping away the excess

• 🧭 Redirecting our path

• 💔 Breaking our hearts just enough to open them

• 🌱 Revealing strength we didn’t know we had

I don’t say this from a place of toxic positivity. I say this as someone who has lived through burnout, grief, anxiety, health breakdowns, identity shifts, and sleepless nights…And who has learned to stop asking “Why me?” and start asking “What is this here to teach me?”

What My Struggles Have Taught Me (So Far): 📓✨

• You can’t heal by pretending you're fine.

• Rock bottom is real. So is the climb back up. ⛰️

• Empathy grows in cracked places. 🩵

• There is no version of growth that doesn’t include discomfort.

• You can be soft and strong at the same time.

  
  

Struggle Teaches Us the Difference Between...

• Effort and alignment

• Push and pause

• Perfection and presence

• Reacting and responding

Sometimes we’re in a season that’s meant to stretch us. Not to punish us. But to help us expand - emotionally, spiritually, energetically. 🌌

A Journal Prompt for You: 🖋️

What is a hard season I’ve walked through that ended up being a turning point in my life?

How did I grow? What did I learn? What did it strip away that I no longer needed?

You’re Not Alone in the Middle of It 🌧️➡️🌤️

If you’re in it right now, let me say this:

You’re not behind.

You’re not weak.

You’re not being punished.

You’re evolving.

You’re integrating.

You’re becoming.

And on the other side of this?

There’s a version of you who knows her strength on a soul level - because she earned it.

Keep going, love. This isn’t the end of your story. It’s the chapter that changes the plot. 🖤

With you in the messy middle,

— Sage