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Why are we relentlessly unwilling to explore our suffering? Why do we mask our current misery with whimsical expectations of what’s to come?

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As much as I try, I’m learning that I can’t control the outcome of my life. I can mold and shape it to match as closely to my dreams as I can, but the future will always remain uncertain.

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I want to be witness to another human discovering the world—oceans, and rain and the fascinating sounds of animals. I want to live through their wonder.

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I hope that it’s you whom I’ll spend the rest of my life with, because when everything else is uncertain, I know that you’ll be there providing me the reassurance that I need, always holding me in your warm embrace.

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I don’t know what the future holds but all I know is that there’s nothing you can’t do.

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I wonder about life all the time. Not just the mysteries of the unmeasurable universe, but my role in it. Me. My Future. The Great Unknown.

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I’m taking your hand and walking by your side. I’m acknowledging that this road ahead is one that I have no control over, and I’m accepting that for what it is—an adventure, our adventure.

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Your future is not tied to anyone who doesn’t think you’re great or someone who is not afraid of losing you. Your future is not tied to people who belittle you or make you feel small, it’s not tied to people who forget you.

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You’re allowed to be afraid because it’s only after fear that you find courage and it’s only after the darkness that you find the light.

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I am not the easiest person to love.