You Are Allowed to Outgrow Even the Dreams That Once Saved You
Your next vision is waiting.
There are dreams that once pulled you forward.
Dreams that gave your life shape, direction, meaning. Dreams that helped you survive when things were hard, visions of who you might become, what you might build, what you might prove.
And for a while, they worked.
They lit you up. They steadied you. They carried you through.
But what happens when those dreams no longer fit?
What happens when the thing you once wanted begins to feel like a cage?
Here’s what we’re rarely told:
You’re allowed to outgrow even the dreams that once saved you.
It doesn’t mean you’re ungrateful.
It doesn’t mean you’ve failed.
It means you’ve changed, and that’s not betrayal. That’s growth.
Sometimes, the dream was survival.
Sometimes, the dream was based on a version of you who hadn’t yet healed.
Sometimes, the dream was someone else’s expectation you mistook for your own.
And now?
Now you feel the discomfort of trying to squeeze your becoming into an old blueprint.
Now you feel the ache of staying loyal to something that no longer reflects who you are.
Now you’re waking up to the truth that maybe this isn’t the dream, just a dream.
One chapter. Not your whole story.
And that realisation can be tender. Even painful. Because letting go of a dream feels like loss. But it’s also the beginning of something new.
When you stop chasing what no longer resonates, you make room for what does.
And you start to understand: freedom doesn’t always look like getting everything you wanted.
Sometimes, it looks like not wanting it anymore.
That’s not regression.
That’s realignment.
So mourn the dream, if you need to.
Honour it.
Thank it.
And then let it go.
Your next vision is waiting.
And it needs the space you’ve been giving to something that no longer fits.