Updated 2025

|| Already on the Path ||

Hi Kim,

I’m doing fine, yes it is nice here in Winnipeg, except for the very cold weather.

I’m from Philippines, I’ve been in Canada for two years. This is the first country that we moved/lived into since we came from the Philippines. I don’t have a CLB score, because I didn’t took that assessment, but I did took CELBAN before, actually I already took CELBAN twice, but unfortunately I’m not lucky to pass.

• My scores at the first time were: Listening 9, Reading 8, Writing 6, Speaking 7,
• and the second time were: Listening 9, Reading 9, Writing 7, speaking 7.

They said that my weaknesses in writing were as follows:

• some grammatical error make it difficult to understand the text
• problem with prepositions
• problem with verb tense
• some problem with possession forms

Weaknesses in speaking:

• pronunciation problems
• work on grammar and vocabulary so that I can choose the correct words, word forms and word order to ask questions, and express my ideas clearly and accurately
• problems with question formation
• problem with singular/plural forms
• problem with verb tense

I need to redo it all again, I hope you can help me, I feel so depressed after I received the score report from celas.

Thanks, M

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🜄 Return to Self

Dear M,

You shared the truth of where you are, and that is no small thing.

You could have hidden your scores, tucked away your disappointment, or waited until you felt stronger. But you didn’t. You came forward… with vulnerability, clarity, and longing.

That tells me something very important:

Your heart is still in it.

Even after two attempts, you haven’t given up. And that speaks louder than any result ever could. It means your self – the one who first dreamed of becoming a nurse – is still alive within you. Perhaps a little tired. Perhaps wounded. But not lost.

You are not broken. You are still becoming.

🜁 Fog to Clarity

You were given feedback: verb tenses, prepositions, grammar patterns, pronunciation. It can feel overwhelming, as if every flaw was circled in red ink. But beneath those comments, I see something else.

I see a map.

Those notes weren’t judgment. They were direction.
They said: “Here is where the light can enter.”

And your scores? Listening 9. Reading 9. Speaking 7. These are not the marks of someone who failed. They are the footprints of someone halfway across a bridge. You just haven’t crossed all the way yet.

Let’s not be confused by the fog. The path is here. You are not starting from nothing. You are beginning again: from strength.

🜃 Rooted in Enoughness

I want to say this gently, M:

It’s okay to feel discouraged.
It’s okay to feel depressed.
But please don’t confuse feeling low with being unworthy.

You are not a test score. You are not your grammar errors. You are not a statistic in someone else’s system.

You are someone who worked in caregiving. Who moved countries. Who took the test twice. Who kept going. Who kept showing up.

You have nothing to prove about your worth. It is already here. It has always been here.

Let your next steps come from rootedness… not from fear.

🜂 Rekindling the Inner Fire

You ended your message with a line that is quiet but powerful:

“I need to redo it all again… I hope you can help me.”

M, that’s fire speaking. That’s the voice of your will rising again: not with noise or demand, but with sincerity.

There is no shame in repeating something. Fire doesn’t burn less brightly because it’s been lit before.

It gets warmer. Wiser. More focused.

So let this next attempt not be a frantic one, but a forged one. With practice that steadies rather than scrambles. With repetition that soothes rather than shames. With readiness that comes from knowing your own pace, your own rhythm.

Burn slowly. Burn surely. And burn through.

🜀 Standing at Zenith

Let me offer you this vision:

You. Walking into your next exam not desperate to prove yourself, but anchored in your breath.
Not rushing, but ready.
Not afraid of failure, but devoted to alignment.
You are not climbing back toward something lost. You are standing in the center of your path, with everything you need rising up to meet you.

This is not your end. It’s your elevation.

Take your time. Trust your pace. Gather the support you need. But above all, remember:

You are already enough.
You are already on the path.
You are already closer than you think.

With reverence,
~ Kim

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Enouragement

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