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Forgiveness means giving up hope for a different past. It’s accepting that the past is just that — the past. It’s over. What’s done is done.

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An apology makes less and less sense the more times you have to make it.

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Forgive yourself for not knowing who you were, and for giving in to social pressure so that you could feel like you fit in. 

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If they feel like they haven’t really done anything wrong, then what’s stopping them from repeating the bad behavior in the future? If they think they’re living a perfectly fine, moral life, then they’re going to continue acting the way they’ve been acting. They won’t see a reason to change.

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We look alike, her eyes like mine, and I fear I’m just like her, because then that means I’d become what I’ve spent my whole life trying to escape.

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Having a history with someone doesn’t mean you’re required to have a future with them.

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But I believe love is always worth the fight in the end. 

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Life is too short to hold grudges and let people take power over us. 

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It is okay to feel lost and alone on this journey, but this is your path, and only you can walk it.

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Most of us have a ‘one that got away,’ and they’re usually the one we actually pushed away because we were scared, not ready, or didn’t feel good enough.