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My dear, sometimes when I hear you talking about me, it breaks my heart, because that “me” that you talk about has nothing to actually do with the real me.

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The truth is that learning to love an imperfect person is also how we learn to love ourselves.

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Part of growing up is understanding that there are areas in which we need to grow that we can acknowledge, but there are some that are not perfect and never will be.

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As long as you look for God, you will find him.

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Our behavior is, without question, directly responsible for the outcomes of our lives. 

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If you don’t aim for the bullseye, you’ll never hit it.

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Perfection means that any judgment we’ve made is entirely subjective and therefore imperfect. Between endless reworking in the pursuit of something better, you often never finish it.

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The true “perfect” girls approach the world with boundless ambition, even as they feel directionless.

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I hope you remember that where you see things you dislike, they see all that is good and beautiful wrapped up in laughter and the things that make you uniquely you.

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As someone who is practically perfect in every way (I’m a distant cousin of Mary Poppins, but I use a Dirt Devil to travel), I feel it’s my duty to share my vast knowledge in hopes you can glean even a modicum of what I have for yourself.