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And it’s so much easier said than done. Because being present is a practice. Accepting what is and learning how to be okay with what you can’t change is a practice. 

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That June I cried into new spaces I didn’t know existed.

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We must listen to what’s wrong, feel it, move through it, allow it just to be.

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The truth is, we can’t control when our time will be up. Even under unfortunate circumstances, like when we’re told we have a certain amount of time left, we never know for sure. 

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I hope you fall in love with art, and with science, and with politics, and with history, and with music, and with dance. 

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You’re capable of achieving greatness, and you’re capable of overcoming all of these difficulties.

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Every experience, whether beautiful or hard, is leading you down the specific path created just for you.

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We grow up with these very specific ideas of what it means to be happy, to be successful, to “have it all.” But as time goes on, those ideas often don’t work out or don’t deliver.

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Maybe one day you’ll realize that the other world you have been relentlessly dreaming about is already within your reach.

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There is this hole inside of me. I think I was born with it. I think it is meant to be there forever.