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You can’t live the life you owe yourself without living it loudly, boldly, and without apology.

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Life is hard to manage sometimes.

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Reach out to a few people you admire. Tell them how your life has changed for the better because of them.

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It’s not always easy for you to accept that some things will never change.

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Your life isn’t perfect but even on the bad days it’s worth it.

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Yes, we are all going to die. But isn’t that what makes living worth it? Isn’t that what makes all of this so goddamn spectacular?

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Ironically, many people who struggle emotionally are, at their core, people who actually just have a greater desire to enjoy life.

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The truth is, many of us are living lives that are productive, but not necessarily passionate.

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He believes sex should be exciting, and he loves the danger of public sex. Elihu’s fantasy is to have sex on top of the Empire State Building, and he told me about his experiences in Brooklyn Heights playgrounds. It’s hard for me to think of him as the same quiet boy I sat next to in social studies class in high school.

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In the discomfort is where we find who we are, where we grow, where we become better and more resilient versions of ourselves.