The Art of Falling Forward
8/18/20261 min read
If one thing this year has taught me, it’s this:
Failure is what invites growth.
If it were easy, you wouldn’t appreciate it.
You don’t need clarity to take a step forward.
God will humble you real fast.
The art of falling forward. Stepping out of 2025, which was, in simple terms, the hardest year of my life, I expected great things from the new year. I didn’t realize all that would entail.
Now, eight months into 2026, I’m starting to see just what I’ve stepped into this year.
Falling forward is my way of putting the unknown in front of me and taking a big old step toward what feels like the scariest thing in that very moment. Just starting. Doing something. Reaching for a piece of you that seems untouched, unmastered, yet has so much room for potential.
That’s simply how I’ve seen my journey so far this year. I’ve done so much, yet it feels like I’ve done so little. I have been brought low and learned to be content with little. Yet I never disregarded the work God was doing in my life.
I don’t see the light at the end of the tunnel still, but I know it’s there.
So this goes to anyone who is where I am, two steps ahead, or two steps behind. You aren’t behind. You’re right on time.
Be the change and seek discomfort in the midst of a world that seeks comfort.
“Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation to be content. I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need. I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.”
Philippians 4:11–13
God is good in the midst of the chaos. Fall forward, because failure is inevitable, but growth yields a plentiful harvest.
You may not see the light, but it is there.