Don't ever take this life for granted

Don’t ever take this life for granted:

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Don’t ever take this life for granted.

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Ever.

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We are so lucky to be here.

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To be born.

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It may not feel like it in your circumstances, but you are.

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We all are.

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The chances of us being alive are over 1 in a trillion.

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Think about that.

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It’s unimaginable.

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Yet here you are.

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In this life.

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Living this experience.

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Dealing with the people around you.

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Living in the places that you do.

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Some of us have it better than others.

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But it doesn’t mean we’re any more important.

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We’re all figuring it out.

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On this floating rock in space.

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Filled with billions of stars.

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Saw this stat today that is mind-blowing.

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There are more stars in the universe than words uttered by every human in history.

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Insane.

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We are so tiny.

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So meaningless.

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Think we mean so much.

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Think our lives are so important.

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But they’re not.

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They’re just 1 in 8 billion at this time on this planet.

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That doesn’t mean it’s not important to us.

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Because our lives are everything to us.

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We feel like the world revolves around us.

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Or it should.

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But it doesn’t.

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It doesn’t care.

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No one does.

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Besides a few close people around you, no one cares.

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Everyone’s too busy focusing on themselves.

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So you should too.

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But not what other people think of you.

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What you think of you.

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You need to focus on your happiness.

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Focus on what makes you tick.

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Focus on something you can control.

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Something you can create.

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Something that makes you excited to be alive.

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We all have it in us.

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Annie Lammot said it in Bird by Bird.

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We all have a story to share but only a few of us decide to share it.

The rest of us are too worried about what other people think.

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Screw them.

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Stop holding other people’s opinions about you higher than your own opinion of you.

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Love yourself.

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Love all your flaws.

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Love all your faults.

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Love who you are.

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Even though you may not be perfect, you still made it here.

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You got here.

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You persisted.

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You showed up.

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You may not like where you are, but you should acknowledge where you are.

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Look at how far you’ve come.

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Be grateful for the journey.

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Grateful for the time you’ve had on this planet.

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Hopefully you get much more.

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All I know is we don’t know when it will go.

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But one day it will.

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One day everything you’ve ever done, achieved, worked for and cared about will all disappear.

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So be grateful you were here to experience it while it was happening.

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Don’t ever take this life for granted.

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