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Tonight, I’m laying myself down to bed. I’m sobbing, because I finally understand why they say love is pain. Because I’m finally ready to face my fear. I’m ready to accept the love the world wants to give me.

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The relationship I fought for felt like an everyday dividing of my spirit. It could never be healthy. It would never be happy.

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No, I am not a liar. But, I am also, historically speaking, at times an unreliable narrator.

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You are worthy of happiness. You are entitled to feel good about yourself.

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I’m grateful for your tenderness and empathy, a true exemplar of your beautiful soul.

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The greatest self-love is shifting with life’s experiences and giving yourself acceptance to redefine what it means to be “you.”

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Human beings are very complicated creatures with many complex parts, alter-egos, and emotions.

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I offered them to you, my words. I breathed the minutiae of life, immortalizing every moment and penning them down.

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It matters what the people in your close circle think.

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You start prioritizing what matters in your life. Your physical, mental, and emotional health becomes a priority when in previous times it was seriously lacking.