Rising step by step — promotion, progress, the climb that is working.
The ladder is the mountain's practical cousin: not the grand ambition but the visible next rungs. It almost always concerns work and effort — and it appears when the climb is actually working, whether or not it feels that way.
Count the rungs if you can see them; the cup sometimes counts steps or months. A ladder leaning near the rim says the next rung is reachable this week.
Is there a ladder in your cup?
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