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... or you will be stuck living with your nightmares for the rest of your life. Both are a reflection of who you are, and who you’ll always position yourself to be.
What I have learned about life is this... You either live in the shadows with your fears and insecurities being governed by your regrets, excuses, past failures and haters in your ear or you fight through everything you've been taught...courageously going against the grain, believing in that thing you can't quite see nor really explain and put into words, that no one really understands or can relate to, that leaves you most often alone and unrelate-able to, but that deep way deep down inside you know you just know you are meant to accomplish, be and do, that is each and every bit YOUR DESTINY. YES you are supposed to be farther along. Yes you are supposed to be there too. Yes life happened. Yes you got a little detoured and side tracked. But at the end of the day, NONE of it matters. Where you come from, what you’ve been through, what you’ve had to overcome, NONE of it matters. Who you used to be, who people try to make you out to be, who people want you to be, NONE of that matters.
The only thing that matters is that you have a vision, you map a course, you keep your eye on the prize and that you maintain a steady course towards your dreams. Dream constantly, dream consistently, dream steadily, and dream often. Surround yourself with dreamers and dream catchers. Rid yourself of the dream killers in your midst, they are your haters and they are the same people who are miserable and don’t want any other company but yours...shake them off, and you’ll find yourself soon soaring among the stars!

BY STEFANY J.
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