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What have you been hoping for that hasn’t turned out as planned?

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Before meeting your mama, I never paid much attention to children.

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The stars are aligning and success is inevitable. All that’s required of you is to keep the momentum going and trust in the process.

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When you’re scared about your future, remind yourself the only thing you can really control is your present. You can make good choices today to increase your chances of succeeding tomorrow.

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You shouldn’t stay with someone in the hopes they’re going to change their behavior, in the hopes they are going to rise to your standards, in the hopes they aren’t going to act anything like the way they have been acting lately.

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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.