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" If you're here right now in your life, your journey continues and you've lived to tell the story. "

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" I like hanging out with me, and I've accepted everything about me good, bad whatever it is. That's why I'm able to, that's why no one can tell me anything negative about myself. "

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" My journey continues, because I've, you know, conquered a lot. And I know how to conquer the rest. "