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But eventually, the clouds will clear. Eventually, the sun you thought was permanently lost will shine again.

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Accept every defeat that happens in your life. We cannot win every single battle; we have to lose for us to grow.

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If you’re a poetry addict like I am, you’re always craving creative bursts of inspiration wherever you go.

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Took a few really awesome road trips. I worked three jobs after college (so if you assume people who didn’t go full-time right out of school are lazy, you’re mistaken), but it’s a lot easier to take a random Monday off when you’re working mainly in the service industry.

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If you don’t, you will stay hung up on this feeling; you’ll remain in this sentimental limbo, playing “should I, or should I not” with yourself, and you have better things to do with your time than become a slave to your inner monologue.

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You love with a gentleness. This time, you aren’t crossing the street with both eyes shut. This time, you are checking. This time, you are loving without being blind.