Crawling Back
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Life will knock you down. No warning. No provocation. And no workaround. I can attest to that.
The thing is, it's okay to stay down. When the curve balls have beaten you so bad you can't get back up, it's okay. We're all allowed a moment of weakness. But if you can't stand, then you crawl. That's the catch. I learned this the hard way.
Because true defeat is the moment you stop moving forward. The moment you sit down and accept your shit hand. The most important thing, in the end, is that you get off your ass and keep moving.
Run. Stumble. Crawl. Every moment is a new chance. Now. Now.
Move.
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