door I thought about life and how it resembled a ladder. Do you ever feel that way? Like life is one big uphill climb and there are always more people and circumstances tripping us and trying to pull us back down the ladder, while very, very few people ever stop to give us a hand up. Fend for yourselves , seems more like the motto of the world. Survival of the fittest doesnt exactly leave room for encouragement.
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