Thais Gibson

And I thought like, I'll never get over it.

And it was so healing for me to realize like, because I didn't go looking outside of myself or something in those moments.

that brought me into relationship to myself, into relationship to God.

I felt like I really found a relationship to God in those moments and through those times.

And it was like, how could you ever want something other than that?

Thank God that I went through that.

And it was like this really big relief.

And so I think sometimes we're so quick to think pain shouldn't be happening, bad things shouldn't be happening.

Things in relationships should just be easy all the time.

But it's like sometimes pain is the greatest teacher and actually presents to us

If we are willing to look and find those things, the greatest gifts in what's going to grow us in that next season of our lives.

Yeah.

I'm scared all my answers are going to be like, communicate and find the middle ground.

But I would say for sure, be honest, be upfront, tell somebody what your timeline is, stand in your truth, be really authentic.

And if somebody is unwilling to move and meet you partway, then you have to honor yourself and keep it moving.

And I often found...

I know these are probably supposed to be quick questions.

But I have often found that people who are anxious think, oh, I'll just slow down to win them over.

Doesn't work like that.

Never works like that.