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Oxygen is pumping through your lungs and your heart is beating through your chest. You have the amazing ability to see the sun and feel the cool air on your skin. 

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I keep searching for the right passage, quote, saying, or word, hoping there is solace in what my heart is presently feeling.

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She finally knew that she did not have to carry her mistakes with her. She did not have to be anything but free. 

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Quit your job, learn to ride a motorcycle, and book a cruise to Mexico. Become a rodeo clown. Eat ice cream for dinner. Cut off all your hair. Do a cartwheel. Go skydiving and try anal sex (but not at the same time).

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Time for more living offline. Time for more living — not working.

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I’ve been working on refocusing my mind to things I do care about. People who make me better rather than drag me down. I haven’t been putting too much pressure on myself to go on first dates I don’t feel like going on. I haven’t been blaming myself for feeling “damaged” at times, because, yeah, life is debilitating and damaging at times.

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Lately I’ve been learning how to die—how to grab each and every moment and cling to it for as long as I can.

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At the end of the day, maybe we’ll all regret our picture-perfect lives and everything we did to try to be what the rest of the world wanted us to be.

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I want what I give, given back to me in return.

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Challenging yourself is not always easy. What is easy is slipping into a routine that allows you to be lackadaisical in your pursuits.