Lately, I’ve been seeing all these statistics about personal growth and life coaching - and honestly, they’re surprising. Some say that only 2% of people experience real, lasting transformation.
But here’s what strikes me: we often measure transformation by speed. We expect change to happen quickly - within weeks or months. Yet real growth rarely works that way. Just like you don’t see muscle after one week at the gym, deep transformation takes time, consistency, and faith in what’s happening beneath the surface.
The Bamboo Lesson
Think about the Chinese bamboo tree. Its story is a perfect picture of how transformation unfolds.
For five years, you water and nurture that little patch of soil - day after day - with no visible sign of growth. Then, suddenly, in its fifth year, the bamboo shoots up 90 feet in just a few weeks.
Did it really grow 90 feet in a few weeks? Or was it growing underground all along - building roots, preparing to thrive?
The same is true for us.
Learning and Growing Beyond the Classroom
We spend years in school learning - about the world, about others, about ourselves. But once we step into “real life,” we expect to instantly grow, succeed, or transform. When that doesn’t happen, we think something’s wrong.
Yet those who truly flourish aren’t the ones who grow the fastest. They’re the ones who keep learning - who stay open, humble, and patient, trusting that growth is happening even when it’s unseen.
Transformation Beneath the Surface
You may not see it yet, but something is shifting inside you. God is moving. Your soul and spirit are being shaped in quiet, steady ways as you show up - in prayer, in community, in healing work.
Transformation is rarely loud or immediate. It’s sacred, slow work that changes who you are from the inside out.
Healing Takes Time
If you’re walking through grief or loss, remember: healing doesn’t mean forgetting. It means becoming. You are no longer the same person - and that’s okay. That loss becomes part of your story, your wisdom, your growth.
Take your time. You’re growing - even if you can’t see it yet.
Walk With Me
If you’d like someone to help you see your growth, to listen to your story, and to walk with you as you discover how you’re being moved and shaped - I would be honored to journey with you.
As a Life Coach, Grief Coach, Healing Touch Practitioner and Spiritual Director, I help people notice the quiet transformation already happening within them.
Because sometimes, you just need someone to remind you - the roots are growing strong. 🌱
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