This has got to be one of my favorite quotes of all time, to be honest. I like the message it gives. I think it's pretty self-explanatory, too, but just in case some have it confused- the quote is essentially saying that life is a gigantic journey, and in your life you will run into problems. You can't let these problems (the stumble in the road) weigh you down and make you think it's impossible to move on.
I could give so many examples of stumbles in the road of life- but I'd like to dwell on two large one. The first; being relationships that fail. One of my friends got into a relationship at a young age and thought she had found the one (clearly not, she's 15) and so she threw EVERYTHING into the relationship. She grew extremely attached to this guy, and despite warnings from her parents, me, and multiple other friends who saw her growing depressed from the weight of the relationship, she clung to him for 7 months. For 4 out of those 7 months, she was manipulated to not talk to ANYONE besides the boy she was dating and it was awful. She got caught in this emotionally abusive relationship and she couldn't see it... finally, things hit a dead end and the boy who had caused her so much pain ended up blaming a lot of shit on her and leaving her. This hurt her; but also opened her eyes to how bad of a situation she had been in and how bad it would have been if they had ended up staying in a long-term relationship. However, because of this... she now has a bit of a fear of relationships and while she'll date, she doesn't want anything too committed because of the mistake she made before. She's letting a stumble slow her journey. The second point I want to mention, for me, was my mother's death. This was a GIGANTIC stumble in the road of life for not only me, but also my dad. If you can't tell by our posts, the situation we were in was pretty bad and her death took a toll on both of us. However; this stumble hasn't held us back. For a bit, we were depressed and found it hard to find motivation to keep going- and don't get me wrong; moments of sadness are definitely still prominent. But we've moved on a great deal and instead of letting the past hold us back from our lives; we've chosen to take our experiences and use them to help others in similar situations- and I think that's beautiful in its own way. - Maddie
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