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YOU CAN BE THE START OF SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL

What if we are the ones meant to begin again, beautifully?
By: Aeren Jiro Dela Cruz
We live in a world that demands too much, too fast. A world that praises perfection and pressures performance, where success feels like a race and rest feels like failure. But maybe—just maybe—we’ve been looking at it all wrong. Maybe the real magic isn’t found in the grand outcomes, but in the quiet courage it takes to begin. To try. To dream. To hope again after every heartbreak. And maybe that’s where we Gen Zs come in, not to follow the rules written before us, but to rewrite the ones that truly fit in the first place.

We’re often told we’re “too emotional,” “too online,” “too idealistic,” and yet it’s those very things that make us real. We feel deeply, we question boldly, and we carry the weight of a world trying to heal. We speak up, even when our voices shake. We make space for identities, for truths, for causes that generations before us ignored. That, in itself, is beautiful. That, in itself, is brave.

There are days it’s hard to believe we’re going anywhere good. We rant, we cry in silence, we scroll through highlight reels of other people’s lives and wonder if we’re falling behind. The self-doubt screams louder than our dreams sometimes. And yet, we keep going. That’s the thing. We still show up. We still try again. And that’s proof that something beautiful is already unfolding in us.

Even if you can’t see it yet, you are on your way to where you are meant to be.

There’s a place being prepared just for you—a seat at a table you haven’t even seen yet, in a room filled with light you’ve never imagined. There are doors gently opening, even if you never thought to knock. There are spaces you were meant to fill, even if your heart hasn’t dreamed them up yet. The universe, or God, or life itself—it’s moving quietly for your sake, aligning the timing, the people, and the path… for your arrival.

You don’t have to rush. You don’t have to prove your worth through milestones. You’re worthy even in the waiting. The journey is the destination, and you’ve already come farther than you think.

So, to every Gen Z reading this, here’s your reminder: You can be the start of something beautiful.

Not because you have it all figured out, but because you’re willing to take one small, defiant step forward. You’re choosing to believe there’s more. You’re choosing to dream in a world that tries to distract you. That’s rare. That’s powerful.

You are allowed to take up space. You are allowed to dream dreams too big for anyone else to understand. You are allowed to begin again, as many times as it takes. You deserve to claim the dreams that were meant for you. And please, don’t settle for people, places, or versions of yourself that don’t know how to love you back.

Keep surrounding yourself with the chances that love you and your dreams the way they are.

You are not just becoming—you already are the greatest thing God can offer to the world.

You already started beautiful. And you’re off to something even more breathtaking and fascinating.

Keep going. The world needs what you can bring.

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