🍂 Sometimes it takes time to return to yourself, to your dreams, your desires. Our path is not straight, and it’s easy to fall into illusions, to wander off track, get lost, and search for a long time to find your way back to what is truly yours—where your wings are, where the road itself calls you upward and forward.

And when you return, you’re no longer the same. Through the thorns, you’ve gained experience, wounded but with a clearer understanding of your goal. That’s why you wandered into the unknown, drifted through liminal spaces, fought with shadows—to recognize yourself and name the star that shines for you across worlds and lifetimes.

So, it wasn’t a mistake at all—your wandering and searching. It was a natural and important part of your greater journey!

© Elena Shuwany