Babies crawl before they can walk.  They drag the body across the floor until it gets a bit old scraping the knees and hands.  Looking about, they see others standing on two feet.  This looks a bit easier, and so they pull themselves up.  “Oh, so precarious it is to balance on two legs instead of four appendages.  The dog across the room has it easy, but he doesn’t scrape his knees.  And so, I take a tentative step, and then another.  Oops, a few stumbles are thrown in there until I get it right.  Oh my!  I’m walking! This is progress!  And so it will go for the rest of my life.  Take a step.  Stumble a bit, perhaps, but moving forward step by step, experiencing, growing, learning.  What an adventure!  Now I remember why I came here.  Stumbling and falling is part of it, but I was made to pull myself back up.  I am so very loved.”

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