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You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness.
Jonathan Safran Foer ( Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close)
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To let go isn’t to forget. It doesn’t leave feelings of anger, jealousy or regret. Letting go isn’t losing, it’s taking power away from the pain of memories. It’s not about pride and it’s not about how you appear; it’s not about obsessing or dwelling on the past. Letting go isn’t blocking memories or thinking sad thoughts, it doesn’t leave emptiness, hurt or sadness. It’s not giving up or giving in. Letting go isn’t about loss, and it isn’t defeat. To let go of something is to cherish the great memories, to overcome the darker times and to move on. It’s having an open mind and confidence in the future. Letting go is accepting, it’s learning, it’s experiencing. To let go is to be thankful for the experiences that once made you cry, laugh, love and grow. It’s about all that you had and all you still have. Letting go is having the courage to accept change and the strength to keep moving. It’s growing up, realising that a heart can sometimes change and that forgiveness can be a most potent remedy. To let go is to open a door, clear a path and set yourself free.
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To be honest
To keep hope. To offer love. To never forget your own unique strengths. To never become complacent with life’s incomprehensible violence and the inequality that threatens to engulf society. To learn. To seek true beauty in its rawest form. To forgive. To respect strength, never power. To remain free of an overwhelming sense of despair over life’s incomprehensible violence and the inequality throughout society. To appreciate the strengths of others. To avoid a pursuit of shallow beauty. To see joy in the darkness. To simplify confusion so as to clearly see your truth. To respect integrity, even when it hides behind a differing truth to your own. To treasure the everyday joys in life. To have a voice when you need to. To know when to stay quiet. To avoid offence without throwing aside your beliefs. To stand as a voice for the persecuted. To accept love into your life. To dance alone in the kitchen. To remember.
Placing hope in a friend
When our fears overcome us and we live our days so cautiously as to avoid failure, we give up on pursuing our dreams and a space of happiness. Life becomes incomplete when we dodge, so comprehensively, every avenue of our potential. We lose sight of the beauty in life and the simple talents of our friends and ourselves. Waiting to be saved can never be as gratifying as leaping into the unknown alone or without conditions. If we’re unable to live outside our terror of failure, I argue we may as well not live at all; but despite the difficulty of breaking out, there is always the joy of freeing yourself that we have all been wanting for you. To watch as someone overcomes their demons and insecurities and starts to believe they are almost as great as they actually are, is wonderful. You’re wonderful.
