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Accept life as it is; do not become a prisoner to the story you make up just so you can have answers.

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I’d rather be broken than sit in a bubble and watch the world pass me by. I’d rather get hurt than never know how it feels to touch the hands of a person who loves me. I’d rather fail then never try to build a foundation with someone, or start a project, or believe in a dream.

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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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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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You did not come here to know it all. You came here to be human. Relax in that.

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We have to stop judging our future before it happens. We have to stop closing off our minds to the unknown, as the unknown has spectacular miracles waiting for us

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I don’t have all the answers, and this is okay. Sometimes the best parts of life are the ones you don’t plan.

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You’re not supposed to have a map of your life. You’re not supposed to know how things will begin or where they will end. You’re not supposed to know who you’ll fall in love with, at least not right away. And you’re not supposed to have the answers to those questions looming in the back of your brain.

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I know it’s been a long while. And while I’m sorry for that, I regret to say. I literally cannot account for the missing time. Since my last entry, I reckon it’s been months to you all, but to me, it’s been a night. I know that must seem confusing, but hopefully you’ll start understanding what I’ve been through.

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This was an absolutely abandoned area. It looks like a fallout shelter. In fact, the name of the geocache hidden there has “fallout shelter” in its title.