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Wishful
Friday, September 6, 2013 at 7:37 PM
"You are beautiful. I don't know why you can't see it, but you are. Everything that you are makes up for what you are not, so don't be disheartened because you don't have to be everything. You are an encapsulation of remarkable somethings. You are not a nobody. Please believe me. You are beautiful. Can I say it again? You are so beautiful. Your eyes. Those eyes are lovely. I love your eyes best. I love your view of things and how I can always count on you to give me intellectual conversations. You are not only surface but substance, too. And your heart... You have a beautiful heart. But you have a scarred heart. A heart that can't trust. I'm sorry for everything you have to go through... But you are stronger than you perceive yourself to be. And I am so proud of you. I am so proud that you made it and continue to make it. You are enough. You are valued. I hope you see it because I see it. I hope you finally see what others see in you, because it would be a waste to see such a marvel get lost in her sea of insecurities."
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“In most books, the I, or first person, is omitted; in this it will be retained; that, in respect to egotism, is the main difference. We commonly do not remember that it is, after all, always the first person that is speaking. I should not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well. Unfortunately, I am confined to this theme by the narrowness of my experience. Moreover, I, on my side, require of every writer, first or last, a simple and sincere account of his own life, and not merely what he has heard of other men's lives; some such account as he would send to his kindred from a distant land; for if he has lived sincerely, it must have been in a distant land to me. Perhaps these pages are more particularly addressed to poor students. As for the rest of my readers, they will accept such portions as apply to them. I trust that none will stretch the seams in putting on the coat, for it may do good service to him whom it fits.”
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