Never Settle -- We need to start raising our expectations. By keeping them low for so long, the bare essentials have started to feel like luxury. We cannot settle for less than what we deserve.
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The End -- Loss is truly an inexplicable thing. It leaves you feeling simultaneously empty yet incredibly full of sadness.
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They Tell Me -- We have to remember that although times can be overwhelming, they all pass. The claustrophobia that we often feel in our own bodies is something that takes time to open up, but eventually, it does. The only thing we can do is be patient.
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He is Happy -- Nothing is truly permanent in our lives, and that includes people. However, every relationship has an impact and changes us in some way. While the endings might hurt, it doesn’t mean that we forget about all the smiles.
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Not You -- We all tend to have role models, and they expect us to follow in their footsteps. We spend years idealizing them only to realize that we can never be like them. We try to find ourselves, but they hold us back, ignoring our screams. We spent so long trying to be like them, but now they won’t let us be like us.
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In My -- Life tends to get more difficult when we feel that we do not belong. We escape to yet another closed space, where we understand that our true place lies in origin.
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Bloodline -- We push ourselves to satisfy everyone, and in the midst of it all, we lose ourselves to our fears. The people who limit us are those who will never be happy with our successes, and we must be ready to accept their absence.
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Blur -- At one point in life, everyone has felt lost in their own thoughts. It starts with overwhelming emotion. There may be a short moment of reassurance, and though we try to chase it, the moment passes, leaving us in a blur.
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Dear -- There are plenty of bystanders in life. They are those who watch terrible things happen without ever doing anything to stop them. We need to call out the people who choose to remain silent.
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Edges -- There are moments when we detach from our reality and step away from our own problems. We then enter a realm of new possibilities, where we can choose to understand the world through the eyes of another.
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Smile -- We never know what someone else is going through, which gives us more reason to be gentle to everyone. A compliment can go a long way and the smile that follows is worth the effort.
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Home -- Home does not have to be a house but a place of familiarity. We associate home with a series of sounds, and no matter how far we go, we find ourselves coming back to where we started.
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With One -- People do not acknowledge the consequences of their actions. They leave us and treat us as collateral damage. We blame ourselves, believing that things would have been different had we not loved as hard as we did.