You Get What You Need
Three lines of dad wisdom — the kind that takes years to land.
My dad said this to me at some point and I didn’t understand it for a long time. I do now.
My dad once told me
You do not get what you want
You get what you need
The thing you wanted was usually for the person you used to be. The thing you got was for the person you were going to become. It feels unfair until it doesn’t, and then it feels like a gift.
— JTC