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Thank you for the emotional pain that seemed to leave wounds all over my body, for I know now the freedom of opening up to vulnerability.

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You can either live life in reverse and focus your time on this planet regretting, never moving forward, and holding onto that safety blanket from years ago. Or you can take all of your past mistakes and lessons and learn from them.

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You aren’t obligated to pretend things are dandy 24/7.

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There will still be days when you’ll see someone else, and you’ll wish you were them. There will be days where you’ll look at someone else’s wins, and only be able to see your losses.

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You want to cry, but you suck it in, because this happened so many times before, you already know it won’t last. So you lay there, feeling nothing.