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Say Yes To Yourself

Sometimes life is hard, say yes to yourself

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Say Yes To Yourself
Lawrence Yu

You told me one day doesn't make it a bad life.

Yet everyday I still feel dead inside.

The spiderwebs that encircle my mind keep me from this happiness I once sought.

I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry for words I have said that offend you, but thats the way care was shown to me and I never meant to insult or hurt you.

I thought my honesty was understood, but instead it showed as rudeness and dislike.

They told me that society would always judge me and I couldn't do anything, but it is my time to break that.

I believe in change.

And to change I need to start believing in myself.

I need to choose to be better.

I need to make sure that I believe in myself and others again.

I can't let the negativity from others and myself cloud my judgment.

I can't let the hurt from the past where the scars are left, let me feel weak, but look at them and feel strong.

I can't let myself get in my way of happiness.

The walls are coming down and the shackles are to be broken.

The jail I once imprisoned myself is finally letting me be free.

It is time for a new me.

I need to find myself again and again.

Because life is always changing,

because I need to keep giving myself not just second, but multiple chances.

I need to remind myself that faults don't make a person useless, rather they make a person learn and learning is natural.

There is always something new to learn.

Stop limiting yourself to a world of this is that and that is this.

It is a world of diversity, change, and love

It is a life worth living.

It is a life that you keep trying.

It is a life where you can finally say yes to yourself.

Please say yes to yourself.

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