Gathered Gold: "It always seems impossible until it’s done".

Gathered Gold: "It always seems impossible until it’s done". - Nelson Mandela

“It always seems impossible until it’s done.”

That line from Nelson Mandela has really been carrying me lately.

I’m in one of those seasons where I’m building something I care deeply about, but it is asking so much of me. Every day I seem to be learning something new, because so much of what I’m doing, I’ve never done before.

It’s draining, time-consuming, rewarding, exciting and honestly a bit overwhelming at times too.

But I keep thinking about how many things in life felt impossible to me… until I did them. Until I learnt them. Until I overcame them. Until I realised I was actually capable of more than I thought.

This morning I was reading a chapter written by my friend Lauren Kinghorn in Everyday Miracles, and it made me think about what miracles really are.

Sometimes they are not huge dramatic moments.

Sometimes they are the everyday impossibilities that stay impossible until we make them happen.

And I think that’s where I am right now.

Just quietly building. Quietly learning. Quietly proving to myself that I can do things I once thought were beyond me.

So if something feels impossible to you right now, maybe it is not impossible at all.

Maybe it is just waiting for you to keep going.

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