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You’ve had to curve your plans, adjust your life, twist your outlook, embrace detours, and turn new corners. So, have you given yourself credit for not breaking? 

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There are two moments when I feel discomfort: when I’m doing something I’m NOT supposed to do, and when I’m doing something I AM supposed to do.

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The only person that your passion has to make sense to is you, and trying to make someone understand why you’re doing what you love will only take your magic away.

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It’s tempting to remain inside of your comfort zone so that you never get hurt – but your comfort zone is a stagnant place. You are never going to move forward while you are there. You are never going to grow.

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Find reasons to smile. Even if you don’t feel it, practice smiling. The position of the lips and muscles will send your brain a “happy message” and you will feel an instant lift.

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Do not forget to enjoy what seems at times the lesser of things in life.

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I am slowly learning forgiveness is not something that can happen overnight. I will never wake up one morning, completely accepting of what has happened between us.

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I can make today better than yesterday.

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It turns out, other people think they know more about your rape than you do. It turns out that many people will have many opinions about an event that didn’t happen to them. It turns out that you will really care about what they think, and it will slice open your belly, over and over and over again.

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You deserve a love that consumes you whole. You deserve a love that is focused on God.