Even Slow Progress Is Progress

The way the world works now makes all of us vulnerable to living in chaos. Everything is expected to come fast—and faster still. And while I personally like speed, I value quality more.

Growth cannot be forced. Progress is shaped by personal capacity, and capacity changes across seasons of life. We all carry different limits, different strengths, and different responsibilities—and we have to accept that.

Not everyone can be an Einstein or a Tesla, a Whitney Houston or a Michael Jackson. If everyone had the same capacity, the world would be far more chaotic than it already is. Each of us has a role to play within God’s greater design.

When I really sit with that truth, I realize something grounding: we cannot deviate from the path meant for us. We move forward, we make choices, and God permits and facilitates. We were all once seeds. It took years to grow us into who we are today—and that growth could not have been rushed.

The progress we make in life depends on our capacity at each stage. Even the fact that one moment follows the next is progress. As long as we keep moving forward—with the intention to grow, to do better, to steady ourselves from one breath to the next—we are becoming better.

Comparison is a trap. Trying to become someone else erases who you are. That doesn’t mean we can’t admire or learn from people who inspire us—but expecting our lives to look like theirs, and resenting our own when they don’t, is a quiet killer of peace.

Appreciate your step forward. Appreciate the lessons you’ve already lived through. Appreciate the person you were yesterday—and your intention to keep moving forward today.

The real tragedy is not slow progress. It’s ingratitude. It’s giving up on growth and choosing only to complain. That is what truly keeps a person stuck.

Keep going, even when the world tells you you’re not moving fast enough. Stay consistent in both intention and action. Slowly—surely—you reach the place you’re meant to reach.

Stay anchored to the Source. And no matter how the world tries to pull you out of your peace, keep coming back. Keep starting again. You are not starting from nothing. You are carrying every lesson that brought you here—by the permission of the One who holds your life in His hands.

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This entry is part of Peace in the Chaos — a body of work exploring steadiness, restraint, and faith in an unsteady world.

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