Outgrowing something does not always mean you stopped loving it. Sometimes it simply means you finally started loving yourself too.

I know part of you feels guilty for changing.

Healing changes what you can comfortably survive inside of.

– Jacqueline Whitney

For no longer relating to conversations that once felt familiar. For feeling emotionally exhausted in places you once worked hard to belong in. For realizing your spirit no longer feels nourished by environments you once called home.

But growth often changes your tolerance for what hurts you.

Healing changes what you can comfortably survive inside of.

You keep thinking outgrowing people means you are becoming cold or disloyal. But sometimes it simply means your soul has recognized that it can no longer flourish where it once merely endured.

Not every place that once held you is meant to hold you forever.

And you are allowed to honor who you are becoming without apologizing for what no longer fits.

Jacqueline Whitney is the author Held: A 50 Day Devotional For Parents and All That You Deserve.