How do we know if we are evolving?
This is one of those questions that can pop up out of nowhere - in the middle of a conversation or in the silence of an ordinary day. We grow, we change, we make an effort to be better. But how can we know if it’s actually happening? How do we measure evolution - be it personal, emotional, or creative - when the results aren’t as obvious as a before-and-after photo? Physical growth is easy to see. There’s visible evidence: we grow taller, our appearance changes, we accumulate birthdays. But mental and emotional growth is much more subtle. Sometimes, we don’t even realize we’ve evolved until we face a situation that once would have knocked us down - only now, we manage to handle it with more ease, awareness, or even humour. Maybe that’s where the signs begin: in the way we treat ourselves, how we respond to others, how we deal with our own flaws. Emotional growth doesn’t mean we’ll never mess up again - it means recognizing that we’re no longer who we were yesterd...
