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There is something you may have forgotten. About your story. About where it is just now and where it's going. The dark clings to you, like tar, like a second skin you cannot shed, and there are moments when you nearly convince yourself it would be better - better for you, better for everyone who shares this agony of yours - if you just . . . disappeared.
And that's it: That is The Greatest Lie Ever Told. The song that haunts those who have known pain and lived pain that others can only imagine.
But there is more to the story, so you must listen.
This darkness that feels like concrete upon your chest is nothing more than a firm hand, no stronger than anything else you have and will overcome. This is not where your story ends. This is in fact the beginning of the person you will become because you held this pain and it did not break you. The light you long for is already there, has been there the whole time, all around you, waiting patiently for you to open your eyes. Love pursues you.
Just breathe.
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