TIME

The colors grow deeper.
The petals become more delicate,
yet somehow, more resilient.

Perhaps people are no different.

Every challenge.
Every difficult conversation.
Every unexpected turn.

They do not merely test us.
They reveal us.

The brightest colors may fade.
But what has taken root only grows stronger.
Maybe that is what time has been trying to teach us all along.

Not everything is meant to last.
But everything we choose to nurture becomes part of who we are.

In the end, the true measure of a life is not found in how much we achieved,
but in how deeply we loved,
how honestly we lived,
and who we became along the way.

What has time taught you?