Stand In Who You Are Now

I'm always obsessing over the woman that I desire to be, the woman I see myself as in the future. I never really take the time to embrace the woman that I am currently standing in. I worry that I won't reach the woman that I desire to be, even though I'm doing all the things I need to do to reach her. I'm so hard on myself currently, because I'm working so hard to attain the characteristics, ways, and disciplines that she carries. I try to stand in who she is now by doing, and even presenting myself in the way that I know she would, but it just feels foreign to me. I believe it feels foreign because I am not yet her, and it feels forced. I don't want to force myself to be someone that I am not yet. I don't want to force myself to stand in what I have not acquired the ability to be.

"Don't stand in what you have not acquired the ability to be."

I've come to realize that standing in who we are now is equally important as standing in who we desire to be. A lot would say be that woman that you desire to be by standing in the things that she would be doing now, and I agree, but it is also important to stand in who we are in the present moment. Each version that we become on our way to the person that we desire to be is so precious. It takes a lot to become a better version of ourselves than we were yesterday. Those moments of strength, effort, and dedication that we put forth should not go unnoticed. They should be cherished. They should be embraced. We are to savour every version of who we become on our way to who we desire to become.