15/10/2025
She was trying to read her book on the train, but the woman in the next seat was having a loud phone conversation. Normally this would irritate her, but something about the conversation caught her attention.
“I know, I know,” the woman was saying. “But I realised I was making decisions based on who I was five years ago, not who I am now. And that wasn’t working anymore, was it?”
There was a pause while the other person responded.
“Well, yes, people did think I was mad. But here’s the thing—they were judging based on the old version too. They didn’t know I’d changed.”
Another pause.
“No, not overnight. Gradual. Like... you know when you don’t notice your hair growing until suddenly you realise it’s much longer? Like that. The change happened quietly, and then one day I looked up and realised I’d outgrown my entire life.”
The woman laughed at whatever her friend said, then hung up. She glanced at the book reader and smiled apologetically. “Sorry, loud talker.”
“No worries,” she replied, already thinking about her own life and wondering what she’d outgrown without noticing.
Sometimes wisdom arrives through unexpected channels—overheard conversations, chance encounters, moments when someone else’s truth resonates with something you’d been feeling but hadn’t named yet.
Don’t you think?
