Who Is the Self You Keep Postponing?

"I’ll be calm later. I’ll start meditating tomorrow." Why not now?

We have good intentions.

We mean well.

We make promises to ourselves that sound like self-respect -

but often mask avoidance.

“I’ll slow down next week.”

“I’ll start journaling when things settle.”

“I’ll meditate when I have more time.”

“I’ll be kinder to myself… eventually.”

And so the most important parts of our lives -

the peace, the presence, the depth -

get postponed.

Not denied.

Just delayed.

Which is often the same thing.

So let me ask you, not to provoke, but to reveal:

Who is the self you keep postponing?

And what would happen if you stopped waiting to become them?