There are some thank-yous too deep for language.
Some moments too sacred to explain.
Some forms of love so subtle they go unnoticed — until you look back and realize they carried you the whole way.
This is one of those moments.
For a long time, I thought I had to understand everything.
Why it didn’t work out.
Why it hurt.
Why I had to wait.
I thought that if I could just make sense of it all, I would feel safe.
But the truth is, it wasn’t logic that saved me.
It was surrender.
It was falling to my knees in moments of uncertainty, and whispering to the sky,
“Okay. I don’t know where this is going. But I trust you.”
And somehow, the Universe always caught me.
I used to think being spiritual meant having it all figured out — being calm, graceful, wise, glowing all the time.
But now I know… real alignment is messy.
It’s tear-stained.
It’s soft and cracked open.
It’s trusting your Highest Self when nothing makes sense.
It’s hearing a whisper from within and choosing it over the loudness of the world.
It’s surrendering a plan you clung to,
and instead walking toward what feels right, even if it looks wild to everyone else.
And every time I’ve done that —
every time I’ve leapt into the unknown with trembling hands —
the Universe has responded in kind.
Not with fireworks.
But with softness.
With the right person at the right moment.
With unexpected peace.
With quiet magic.
So this is my love letter.
To the unseen forces that guide me.
To the divine intelligence that knows me better than I know myself.
To the version of me that already exists in the future, whispering back,
“Keep going. It’s all unfolding.”
Thank you, Universe, for every delay that was really protection.
For every ending that was actually a beginning.
For the silence that taught me to hear my own voice.
For the reroutes that brought me back to my truth.
Thank you for every time you told me “not yet.”
Because you were waiting for me to rise.
And to my Highest Self —
I see you now.
I feel you walking beside me, every time I choose love over fear.
You are the reason I’ve survived the things that should’ve broken me.
You are the quiet strength in me that no one else sees.
You are my future, calling me forward.
I’m sorry for the times I didn’t listen.
The times I silenced your wisdom to be accepted.
The times I feared your path because it didn’t look like anyone else’s.
But I’m here now.
And I’m not turning back.
Every day, I am becoming more me.
The girl who trusts her intuition.
Who lives in rhythm with something bigger.
Who no longer begs for love, but radiates it.
Who walks away when it’s not aligned.
Who sits in stillness instead of forcing the outcome.
And from this place —
this soft, grounded, sovereign place —
I just want to say…
Thank you.
Thank you for the heartbreaks that led me back to myself.
Thank you for the detours that revealed my resilience.
Thank you for the waiting, the wandering, the wild becoming.
Because now, I know:
The Universe was never testing me.
It was shaping me — into the woman I was always meant to be.
If you are in a season of not knowing…
If things are falling apart or not coming together fast enough…
If you feel like you’ve been left behind…
This is your reminder:
You are not being punished.
You are being positioned.
The Universe sees what you cannot yet see.
Your Highest Self is already holding the version of you who made it through.
So soften.
Surrender.
Say thank you — even before the answer arrives.
And watch how the magic returns.
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