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You have a purpose bigger than those dreams you had when you were little. You have a heart and a mind that is stronger. That has seen the world for what it is.

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As I sit here today as the career woman I aspired to be so many years ago, I look back and laugh. I made a plan and I failed. Then I failed again. But I persevered.

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The scramble to be with you kept me on my toes. It kept life exciting. As we grew apart, that buzz turned into desperation. I just couldn’t keep doing it anymore. 

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I want to be witness to another human discovering the world—oceans, and rain and the fascinating sounds of animals. I want to live through their wonder.

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Nothing worth achieving ever comes easy, as they say. It takes time.

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Some dreams are meant to fade away. Like the futures we once had.

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Life could be so much better if we only learned how to aim higher.

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Advice like “work hard in silence” seems good on paper, but in practice, it’s isolating. It discourages talking about what you want before you know how to succeed. 

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The world does not offer us a new start, a fresh hand, once we reach a certain age or milestone. 

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Many of us have dreams and aspirations, and only a small percentage of us execute those. We spend years dreaming as we keep aging.