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STAND UP FOR YOURSELF

Time is valuable, and one can understand this once you find yourself sitting home for weeks at
a time. Time is everything while we exist on this earth if you look at the big picture. Each of us is
provided the same amount of time every day without exception. Twenty-Four hours a day,
what will you do with the time. Do you stand up for yourself and live your best life or do you
cower to the pain and discomfort life will thrust upon you. We are resilient beings, but each of
us must summon the will to stand up for ourselves. There comes a time when you must set a
high standard of yourself and value yourself and the time provided. The value of time is often
unseen as a young adult and neglected, and self-perseverance is last on the totem pole due to
age and invincibility. As a pearl of aging, adult wisdom plays a role, and time becomes more

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