It’s okay when you can’t figure out things, just yet

It’s okay when you’re just on your bed, and staring at the wall.

It’s okay when you’re just thinking. It’s okay when you wanted to pray but you can’t utter a word at all. It’s okay to burst out in tears. It’s okay because God sees you and He knows what you need even before you tell Him. It’s okay when you’re just silent, because silence is listening to God’s heartbeat.

It’s okay when you needed time to be alone.

It’s okay when you reject that invitation to hang out on a Friday Night. It’s okay when you choose to go home and be on your pajamas even at 7:00 PM. It’s okay when you prefer watching movies at home than going out. It’s okay when you choose to be alone for a while. It’s even okay when you choose to only have a simple coffee time with very few friends who are willing to be just there for you, even when you don’t feel like socializing.

It’s okay when others are doing better, and you’re not (just yet)

It’s okay when you choose to take a pause. It’s okay to break it all down. Don’t be afraid to take a rest. Sometimes, to stop stepping onwards is all you need to see where you are really are, to think what you left behind and to pray on where you really want to go. Sometimes, we walk onwards too fast, that we forget the real meaningful things that matter.  Let others celebrate their successes as you also celebrate your breathing space. It’s okay when you’re not just as the same with others because after all, you don’t have to be like everyone else. We are all born to fulfill different purposes here on earth.

It’s okay when you kept on writing that one specific goal on your list every new year, and it hasn’t been accomplished just yet

It’s okay when it has already been 3 years since you planned out something, but you haven’t achieved it yet. It’s okay if you that goal remains not checked.  Maybe it’s not just its time to be checked just yet. Some things are more beautiful when not forced to happen.  Let things flow as it is. As for me, I kept on putting the goal to learn driving since the last 3 years, and I haven’t stopped writing it out on my planner even if it remained not checked.  Then, just recently, I had this perfect time to finally check this goal out. Doesn't mean it's on your list, then you have to check everything in an instance. 

It’s okay when you keep on saying “puhon” or “soon” even when it has already been long enough since you’ve been saying this

It’s okay to believe that some things are not happening now because you have high hopes that it’s gonna happen soon enough.  It’s okay to keep on hoping.  It’s okay to keep on responding “soon” to questions like “Did you already fulfill your dream?” “What happened to your plan, have you done it na?” It’s okay when you can’t figure out everything just yet.  That in the season of making dreams come true, may you never lose hope for believing that something is in store for you.  That in the season of saying “puhon or soon”, you are in the process of doing things slowly but ongoing, with heart focused on the future that you see. 

It’s okay to still be in the “yet” pace. 

You are a “yet” in process to become an “already” If it’s already tiring to say “not yet”, take a deep breath, rest for a while, and rise up again. Don’t stop until you reach that day when you don’t have to answer “not yet” anymore because your response will be "I already am, I already did.”

Keep fighting, you!