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Why This Step Will Change Everything

Why This Step Will Change Everything

September 22, 2025

We expect life’s toughest battles to look like wars: explosive, chaotic, loud.

But I’ve learned they’re rarely like that. They’re not the breakdowns, the explosions, or the dramatic endings. They’re the mornings when I roll out of bed and stare at the blank page, wondering if I have anything left to say.

They’re the days I’ve walked into a race with every muscle telling me to quit before the first mile is over. They’re the moments I’ve looked at my own dreams and thought, What if I’m not enough?

Sometimes it looks like bills stacked on the counter, whispering that you’re falling behind. Sometimes it’s an inbox full of rejection, telling you you’re not worth the risk. Sometimes it’s just the weight of a thousand small disappointments pressing down until even breathing feels like a chore.

I’ve been there. And in those moments, the voice in my head is always the same: “Stop. This is too much.”

But I’ve also learned there’s another voice, quieter but stronger, if you listen closely:
“Not yet. Just one more.”

You don’t have to win the whole war today. You don’t have to fix everything or climb the mountain in one step.

All you have to do is this: Take one more step. Do one more thing. Find the strength for just one more breath, one more try, one more moment of courage.

Because “one more” is everything. It’s how I’ve pushed through mile 75 of a 100-mile run, when my legs were screaming and my vision was blurry. It’s how I’ve sat at the desk when the words refused to come, and eventually, they did. It’s how storms are survived: not by heroics, but by stubborn persistence.

And the truth is, courage rarely looks like victory parades. Most of the time, it looks like standing your ground when the world tells you to bow. It looks like holding your shield, even when your arms shake. It looks like whispering, not yet… even when you’re tired.

This is where strength is forged. Not in avoiding the storm, but in walking through it. Not in having it all figured out, but in finding the courage to take the next step anyway.

So whatever you’re carrying right now, the weight, the doubt, the noise, remember this: You still have “one more” in you. One more step. One more chance to say, I will not quit today.

And that’s enough. That’s everything.

Continue to live inspired,

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