For Those Who Don't Know the Way

Everyone around you seems to have it all figured out already: college, career, relationship, a future all mapped out. And you, surrounded by so much certainty that isn't yours, feel lost — like you're behind in a race you're not even sure you want to run, comparing your pace to people who don't really know where they're headed either.

My thoughts don't follow the timeline society has imposed on your age. I don't measure maturity by the speed of your decisions, or success by how quickly you get everything figured out. Some of my greatest plans took years, even decades, to fully reveal themselves to the people who lived them.

You don't have to fake a certainty you don't have. You can come to me exactly as you are: confused, open, searching. Your questions don't bother me, and neither does your "I still don't know." I would rather have a thousand honest young hearts seeking direction than one person who decided everything alone, never once consulting me along the way.