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Take That Stepping-Stone

By Ruth Elizabeth StiffPublished 2 months ago 1 min read
Top Story - November 2025
Take that first step

“Soon,

when all is well,

you’re going to look back on this period of your life

and

be so glad that you never gave up.”

Every single trial and challenge

is a stepping-stone

towards a stronger life.

It just depends

on how we ‘see’ them.

Giving birth is one of the greatest challenges in life

and yet the ‘reward’ for going through it

is a beautiful and healthy baby.

Very few ‘challenges’ or ‘trials’

will be as painful or difficult

as giving birth,

but they are real nevertheless.

So you need to say:

“I will get through this!”

and be proud of yourself

when you do.

We can learn so much

when we go through these things

which will help us in our future lives.

You and I are capable

of creating for ourselves

a fantastic life but only if

we never give up and are proud of ourselves.

LIVE AND LOVE LIFE!

GratitudeinspirationalMental Health

About the Creator

Ruth Elizabeth Stiff

I love all things Earthy and Self-Help

History is one of my favourite subjects and I love to write short fiction

Research is so interesting for me too

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  • Aarsh Malik2 months ago

    A beautiful reminder to be proud of ourselves for getting through the journey, not just reaching the destination. Inspiring work.

  • Denise E Lindquist2 months ago

    Nice and upbeat! Thank you for sharing this!😊💕💖

  • Marie381Uk 2 months ago

    This made me realise to keep trying to not give up on my fight to lose weight♦️🙏✍️♦️

  • Sandy Gillman2 months ago

    Such an inspiring and positive message. Congrats on your Top Story!

  • Andrew C McDonald2 months ago

    Very inspirational and quite well written. Congratulations on TS.

  • Content Writer2 months ago

    i really needed to hear this. Thanks

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