My Tears Watered Growth

I didn’t expect my journey  to hurt this much...

I didn’t expect the ones I loved the most to be the ones who broke me.

And I definitely didn’t expect that the very tears I tried to hide would be the ones that changed my life.

For a long time, I believed that if I did good, stayed loyal, and kept showing up for others, life would return the favor. But life had other plans—and there were lessons that came wrapped in that pain I never saw coming.

I didn’t just cry—I watered my growth!

Just like a plant needs water to sprout, my tears nourished the parts of me that had been buried beneath years of fear, pain, and expectations. Without them, the seed of who I was meant to be would never have that chance to grow.

Each tear was like a drop of rain, soaking into the soil of my soul. At the time, it felt like weakness. But in hindsight, I see how they were essential for the growth that needed to happen. Without that nourishment, the strength I had buried deep within me wouldn’t have had a chance to rise.

Just as a seed cannot sprout without water, I wouldn't have blossomed without shedding those tears!

They allowed me to soften, to grow, to stretch beyond what I thought was possible. They weren’t just tears of sorrow; they were the rain that fed my strength, my resilience, and my peace.

Growth doesn’t happen in the sunshine alone. Sometimes it takes breaking, pouring, and releasing everything you’ve held in. Because without that release, what’s inside of you stays buried. And buried things, if not cared for, begin to die.

So if you find yourself in a season of tears, don’t rush through it. Let them fall. Let them soften the soil around your soul. Something powerful is being nurtured beneath the surface. You may not see it yet, but you’re growing in ways you never imagined.

No one told you about the detours, the heartbreak, the moments that shake you to your core. And when life doesn’t match that perfect picture of what we thought life would look like, it’s easy to feel like something’s wrong with us.

But the truth is—life isn’t perfect, and it was never meant to be. Growth doesn’t come from everything going right. It comes from the moments that break us open. It comes from lessons that force us to unlearn what we thought we knew and to see things through a different lens.

The tears, the setbacks, the disappointments—they’re not signs of failure. They’re part of the process. They water the roots of who you’re becoming. And sometimes, what you imagined life would look like has to fall apart so the life meant for you can take root.

So if life looks different than you expected… that’s okay. It doesn’t mean you’re off track. It means you’re learning, growing, and becoming—one lesson, one tear, one breakthrough at a time.

Don’t fight the tears. Let them fall. They’re water for the strength that’s growing inside of you.