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You made it this far because you are strong. You’ve been through hell and back. You’ve dealt with toxic situations, toxic humans, toxic thoughts. You’ve even warred with the demons deep within yourself.

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As the sun sets on this heart-wrenching year and regret for the life you left behind may settle in your heart, I hope you remember that you’ve achieved the sweetest victory.

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What is right is not always the easiest option.

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You will survive. You will continue to survive.

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Day by day, enduring his worst, my core rooted in the beautiful earth began wavering.

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Because nobody is coming, the rescue boats aren’t on the way, and your prince charming isn’t going to come.

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You gotta stay standing—you gotta face the storms.

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some truths are harder to swallow.

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Maybe the point of surviving is just that we survive together. 

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The pieces on the ground won’t fit together as nicely as you remembered; no matter how hard you try.