Nothing happens

Do you ever feel that way? That feeling: Nothing really happened today. I really should be doing more.

That's how I felt yesterday. I thought: Well, I wrote a little. Posted a Reel. Arranged a few flowers. Went for a swim in the Isar. Spent two hours getting ready. And I really needed to rest a lot.

Not exactly the kind of day you'd write a book about later. Right?

Then something suddenly occurred to me.

A year ago, none of this would have existed. No "Love Letters." No "Spaceship." No rooms that are slowly developing their own personalities. No people writing to me to say they'll be back next week.

Back then, I probably would have dreamed of a day like this. Today, I take it for granted.

Maybe that's the crazy thing about growth. We hardly notice it. Not because nothing is happening, but because what was once extraordinary eventually becomes part of everyday life.

It's like riding a bike. At some point, nobody thinks, "Wow, I can ride a bike." You just start riding.

Or like a tree that has long since formed new rings beneath its bark.

I think we often underestimate how much we get used to our own growth. That's why we sometimes get the feeling: "I'm not making any progress at all."

And yet we’ve long since found ourselves in places we once only dreamed of. Not everything has come true. Not every dream has been realized. But we ourselves are no longer the same people.

Perhaps that is why it is worth looking back every now and then—not out of nostalgia, but to realize how far we have come.

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I've been resting a lot these past few days. I often found myself thinking, " Nothing's happening right now."

And as I was thinking that, I published a “Love Letter.” New people found their way to me. My body adapted. My mind sorted things out. My heart grew calmer.

From the outside, it looked like idleness. From the inside, it was growth.

Perhaps that is precisely the quiet art of living. Not every change feels like a change. Some just feel completely natural at some point.

And that's exactly when it has probably truly taken root within us.

So I invite us, whenever the thought occurs:

"Nothing happened today."

to ask ourselves:

"What is taken for granted today that would have required courage in the past?"

With love and gratitude in my heart,
Jeannette