SLOW PROGRESS IS STILL PROGRESS!

As a young girl, I had high hopes for the future. I had plans. I had goals, but somehow things got thwarted along the line. I lost my way. I lost direction. I was confused. I couldn't talk. I was fighting alone. A part of me was badly battered!

Somehow, I was able to pick up the pieces of what was left of me and move on. It wasn't so easy as I thought, but there was one thing I battled with for so long.

I FELT I WAS VERY SLOW.

And I always told myself that I was slow. Things weren’t moving so good. I was struggling with a lot of things. And each day, I kept wondering why I was in that state.

I was talking with Samuel sometimes in 2019, and I was complaining about so many things that weren’t palatable, and Samuel said something that changed everything for me. I feel God used Him to calm the storm that was raging in my heart at that time.

Samuel said “SLOW PROGRESS IS STILL PROGRESS.” He told me that it doesn’t matter my how my pace is but what matters is if I was moving.

It was hard to come to terms with it that I was making progress regardless of my pace. Samuel never gave up, he kept encouraging me, and he kept telling me that slow progress was still progress.

Later, I saw the true picture and I understood that I was growing.

What I failed to understand at that time was, I was actually growing, but I was so carried away that it wasn’t looking like it to me.

I can look back now and say I was and I’m still growing, and truly I was making progress. Well, it will amaze you that my progress is still not as fast as I want and never again will I try to compare it with anyone.

I VALUE MY PROCESS AND I RESPECT MY JOURNEY.

I got that understanding and that shaped my mindset towards all that I ever did. Since, I got that understanding, I promised myself to keep moving even if I have to crawl, and today I can say I’m moving.

Showing up every day is progress for me.

Doing that task is progress for me.

Keeping my hopes high is progress for me.

Putting in efforts constantly is progress for me.

And every day that I show up brings me closer to where I want to be.

Every step I take pushes me to what I want to see my life become.

Are you like me? I just want to encourage you that you are making progress.

Don’t stop working, believing, and hoping. You definitely will get to that point that you desire to be. Don’t try to compare yourself to anybody. In all, don’t stop moving.

Slow progress is still progress. Even if you move crawling, that’s progress.

I’m rooting in for you.