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As long as you make an identity for yourself out of pain, you cannot be free of it.
Erckhart Tolle
It’s funny how life seems to go really smoothly for some people, but not others. To those people, school or work, relationships and friendships seem to make sense and good things seem to come easily. Some people just seem to know what they want to do next, but for others this feels really tough and it’s easy to start feeling left behind.
I CAN HELP YOU REALISE THAT YOU ARE ALREADY OKAY. EVEN IF YOU DON’T FEEL IT, YOU ARE.
As long as you make an identity for yourself out of pain, you cannot be free of it.
Erckhart Tolle


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