“The Good Still Finds Me”

I used to think healing meant feeling nothing—

no ache, no fear,

just clean slates and steady hands.

But healing, I’ve learned,

isn’t quiet.

It’s crying in the shower

and still showing up.

It’s being afraid

and doing it anyway.

It’s doubting yourself

and choosing to try again.

Sometimes,

it’s laughing so hard you forget

why you were hurting.

Other times,

it’s getting through the day

and calling that enough.

I still stumble.

I still carry the weight.

But life keeps showing up

in little ways—

a stranger’s kindness,

a song I forgot I loved,

sunlight that lands on me

like it meant to.

I used to search for signs

that things would fall apart.

Now I look for proof

that I’m still becoming.

And I find it—

in my softness,

in my strength,

in how I keep going

even when it’s hard.

No, I’m not fully healed.

But I’ve stopped calling myself broken.

The good still finds me.

And this time—

I let it stay.

- DK

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