What We Avoid Tends to Wait

There are things in our lives we quietly set aside.

Not because they don’t matter,
but because we’re not sure what to do with them.

A conversation we haven’t had.
A question we can’t answer.
A feeling that doesn’t quite resolve.

We tell ourselves we’ll come back to it later.

When there’s more time.
When we feel clearer.
When we’re more ready.

But these things rarely disappear.

They wait.

Not urgently.
Not demanding.

Just present, in the background of our lives.

Over time, what we avoid can begin to shape how we move—
what we choose, what we don’t,
what we allow ourselves to notice.

Spiritual direction is not about forcing these things into the open.

It’s about creating a space where they can be approached,
at a pace that feels possible.

Nothing has to be resolved.

Only acknowledged.