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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Do not take life too seriously, this is all a sham.
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I remember the moment when my overwhelming uneasiness yielded. Seven words from Samuel Beckett, a writer I’ve not even read that well, learned long ago as an undergraduate, began to repeat in my head, and the seemingly impassable sea of uncertainty parted: “I can’t go on. I’ll go on.” I took a step forward, repeating the phrase over and over: “I can’t go on. I’ll go on.” And then, at some point, I was through.
Do the secret thing you know you were born to do.
Offer kindness always.
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