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Before wine becomes wine, the grapes must first go through fermentation. In other words, allow your life to "spoil" and watch it get better.

You know those seasons when it feels like your brain wants to explode? The seasons where it feels like you're at the very end of yourself? Hold fast. You will be shocked by the level of growth and progress waiting on the other side.

A friend of mine is trying to launch something grand, and she was complaining about the pressure and stress. It got me thinking about how tough this season is going to be for her, yet how worth it the result will be. In the same way, grapes go through fermentation before becoming wine. The process is uncomfortable, but the outcome is far more valuable than the original form.

Pressure is often a sign that something is happening beneath the surface. Growth is taking place. And honestly, if you're never feeling stretched, challenged, or uncomfortable, you're probably not moving very far. Progress isn't easy. Most times, you'll have to endure the process before you can enjoy the result, just like grapes must go through fermentation before becoming wine.

The thing about fermentation is that it looks messy. Things are changing beneath the surface. The original form is being broken down and transformed into something different, something better, something more valuable.

Dearest reader, stop fighting the process. Allow your life to "spoil." Go through the waiting, the pressure, the uncertainty, and the transformation. Before something beautiful or valuable emerges, there is often a season of change, pressure, waiting, and becoming.

Don't try to escape it.






@favvy_Okwansđź–¤.

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