Happy times will come again.

Things will get better.

But happiness will elude you if you pursue it too keenly.

And happiness is temporary. It's the joy that comes from within that is lasting.

Hello, I'm Holly Tucker and welcome to Letters to My Younger Self, a beloved part of conversations of inspiration.

I wanted to bring you poignant moments from the many years of recording this

podcast which has changed my life drawing on the gracious vulnerability of my

guests where we can absorb what I believe are some of life's biggest learnings.

This micro-podcast is brought to you by Royal Mail, a business who understands the power of a simple letter.

This week I introduce a letter from one of my true heroines,

the remarkable Dame Stephanie Steve Shirley a child refugee a tech pioneer and a

trailblazing businesswoman Dame Stephanie or Steve as she has become known

shares the letter she wrote to her younger self, along with some of her most personal memories.

And I have to say listening, I couldn't help but think of how her memories speak to us all about just what truly matters in life.

Because sometimes it can take the wisdom, can't it of someone utterly extraordinary to really open our eyes.

And in her letter, Dane Stephanie distills what we think we know, but also the things I think

we might have forgotten. It's a moment to turn down the noise, tune into

what's important, to really listen. It might just change your life.

My dearest Vera, I write your name in recollection of the frightened little girl who grew into

the adult Stephanie Shirley, better notice Steve Shirley, me.

As a part Jewish crossbreed, the insulting term used by Hitler,

your future in Germany looks grim. But you will be saved by the Kinder

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