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All I want to be is a person who is joyous, who finds hope in the brokenness and light in the dark. I just want to fill and be filled, to bless other people as I have been blessed.

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Some people are not going to understand your heart, and that’s okay.

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The time you set aside to simply slow down, to be present, to live without focusing on what’s coming next—that’s what sets you free.

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Who we are as people is not comprised of the negative pieces of our lives, but the positive. By the ways we’ve stood back up after being pushed down, risen after falling. By the way we’ve continued, and never given up.

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Following God is not a competition, not a fleeting pleasure, not something that can negatively consume you and leave you empty, and still longing to be filled.

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I will love you until you forget—who she was, how she left, why you stopped believing in love and in yourself for a minute. I will love you until you remember your worth.

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I love you more. Which is to say that we all have numbered days, but I want to spend my temporary forever standing next to you.

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I am proud of the way my heart keeps beating, keeps believing, keeps fighting. I am proud of who I am.