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Don't Forget Who You Are

Don't give up. Live for now.

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I know you, but right now we're strangers. That's alright, though, I'll know you eventually. There are some things you should know.

First thing you should know is that rarely are peoples' opinions relevant to your life. Unless it involves anything with work or school, your health or life and is important. Not how other people think something might be important, but how you think something is important. Your mind amazes me. You think differently, and you act differently. Don't let anyone bring you down. But what you need to do is show how much you care. Forget what anyone else says, if you don't show you care about someone how will they ever know? Keep crossing oceans for people who won't jump puddles for you. They'll realize one day that you have a good heart.

Second thing you should know is NORMALIZE EXCELLENCE. Try your hardest to do your best and make it a habit. Life will get hard, and maybe you'll think that you can't do it anymore, but you can. You already did. Stop telling yourself you won't be able to do something. You've proved yourself already, so keep going. Live your life with "I did's" rather than "what if's" No one knows exactly how long they have on this Earth, so try to do better every day. You have a loving family and so many friends behind you that will always support you. So try new things, work hard and just be here, Don't give up, you can do it.

Third, words can hurt, but they're just that, words. Also remember, you've said some pretty hurtful words to other people so don't get too offended. You're really bad at saying things you don't mean when you're mad. Break that habit. If you wouldn't say it to your mom, don't say it at all. At any time your words to someone could be the last words that they hear. Why would you want them to hear anything bad? I know being nice isn't always the easiest thing, but if you change your attitude, it's not as hard. You'll never know what someone is gong through unless they tell you. Be kind. A simple compliment can go so far. I know you love giving compliments. Ask people to go out more. Celebrate the little things. That can't happen without words. Make them good ones. Put words together to form an amazing and unforgettable quote. Being nice will get you somewhere.

There are a lot more things I could say, but the one thing I really want to say is that you're a kind-hearted, caring, helpful person; please don't lose that. There are a lot of bad people in this world, more bad than good and that's not something we want. Stay happy and helpful and just live life. Do whatever you want. Eat more cake, wear colorful lipstick and wear the heck out of it. Run the extra mile, dance until you're the last one on the floor, love like there's no tomorrow and just be happy. You aren't immoral; your life will end so make the best of it. Don't live in the past, live for now.

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