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People may assume you aren’t creative or original – but that’s far from the case.

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Because they immediately see the humanity in everyone, they are able to love others unconditionally. They are more forgiving, accepting and open-minded.

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You wonder how it could be possible to love this much, to love this hard, to be so very there, to always be entirely in.

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Can you be honest with yourself about the value you provide people?

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Being a writer isn’t anything special. It’s just a thing you do because it feels good or because someone is paying you to do it.

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They will start to dislike you for their chronic dissatisfaction and unrealistic expectations, and you will increasingly seem flawed to them.

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We’re so caught up in the chase that we don’t know what to do when the right person stops us in our tracks.

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And you, you who will fascinate me until the very essence of you permeate the molecules that make up my body, until all my atoms rearrange to revolve around you; I want you.

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Sure, love is compromise, but love also means not being afraid to ask for what you were told was impossible. Love means being denied and saying, “More please.”

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I am now the parent, dispensing medications, driving Mom to doctor’s appointments, and reminding her to eat. The stresses of managing someone else’s life was only increased tenfold when I was diagnosed with Papillary Thyroid Cancer.