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its okay baby

May 16, 2022
By TheMistakable GOLD, Junction, Texas
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"...So, actually, therefore, the course of wisdom, what is really sensible, is to let go, is to commit oneself, to give oneself up and that's quite mad. So we come to the strange conclusion that in madness lies sanity."

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I'm not sure how you go there,

who hurt you,

who made you feel you weren't enough.

Mom, dad, uncle, sibling, teacher, friend, lover...

That's all irrelevant now.

You're here,

We're here,

Together.

And I have something you need to know.

It's okay.

It's okay to choose yourself.

You've been choosing everyone else for years, and now you need someone.

Be that someone...

Be selfish, don't care what others think!

Shout it from the rooftops, "I LOVE MYSELF"

Mean it, say it with your heart, brain, and spirit.

I, the forgotten one, love myself.

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Don't forget to choose yourself sometimes, you can't save everyone baby.

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