Reflection is as powerful as ambition.

Just now

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We spend much of our lives focused on what comes next. The next goal, the next milestone, the next version of ourselves. Progress matters, but constant forward motion can make us overlook something essential.

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Pause occasionally. Take stock of where you are and who you have become.

There was a time when this version of your life existed only as a hope or a plan. A younger version of you imagined reaching this point and would recognize the growth, resilience and effort it took to get here.

Even when you forget to acknowledge it, that progress is real. And it is worth honoring.