More often than not, we look at ourselves and whisper that we are not doing enough. We start comparing our lives to someone who just got a job, bought a house, got married — and we forget that our paths were never meant to look the same.

The fact that we were each born alone is proof enough that we are not the same. Everyone has their own journey, their own route in this life. Embrace yours. Even in the difficulties, choose not to break. Because if you break, there will be nothing left to show that you existed.

A wise man once said: 'Don’t climb the mountain so the world can see you. Climb the mountain so you can see the world.' Don’t live this life to prove a point to others that you’ve made it, or that you’re better than them. Live to grow. Live to inspire the young steps behind you. Because if you don’t, they’ll pass by your empty existence in silence.

And don’t run from your calling. Don’t run from your gift, your talent, or the skill you’ve mastered. They define you. You carry power.

The world doesn’t need another copy of someone else. The world needs YOU — with your late nights, your slow progress, your quiet wins that no one clapped for yet.

Someone is watching you. Not to judge you. To learn from you. That younger sibling. That student. That version of you 5 years ago. They need to see what it looks like to keep going when it’s hard.

So get up today, even if it’s just one step. Send the message. Apply for the job. Write the page. Practice the skill. Your "one step" today is someone else's proof tomorrow that it can be done.

You were not born to be background noise. You were born to leave footprints. And footprints are only made by people who kept walking.

So walk. Even tired. Even scared. Even unsure. Just walk. Keep walking!

Because a valued creature like you was never meant to disappear quietly.

Take it easy. ♡

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