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By purpledinosaur101 BRONZE
Wheat Ridge, Colorado

Everyone is making bets on my life...my life. Just because I like a little more people than normal. But just because I like a lot of people, and I fall to hard and fast doesn’t mea...
purpledinosaur101 BRONZE, Wheat Ridge, Colorado
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“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”


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&quot; The Way You Get Goosebumps From Hearing That song. it&#039;s Beautiful&quot;<br /> &quot;uNPERFECT.I.Am&quot;<br /> &quot;You See The Real Me&quot;<br /> &quot;I.Love.You&quot;

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A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on. -JFK

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