The Staircase That Descended Upward
Not All Motion Is Progress
A staircase spiraled into the sky, yet every step upward felt like descending into something deeper. Climbers eventually realized they weren’t climbing toward the heavens but toward a rare truth: “We rise by confronting what lies below.”
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