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Do you want to know something that
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nobody has ever confessed to
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you? You are
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trapped. Yes, you.
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You are trapped in a jail that you
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yourself built brick by brick. With
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every decision made thinking about what
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others might say, with every action that
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you stopped doing for fear of failing.
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With every fake smile that hid your true
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desire to scream. Do you feel that
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oppression in your chest? It's not
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anxiety. It's not stress. It's the
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unbearable weight of a life lived for
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others. A life designed to please
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spectators who don't even pay admission
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to see you act. Do you know what is the
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crulest thing? Nobody asked you to make
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that sacrifice. Nobody asked you to give
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up your freedom, your essence, your
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authenticity. But you did it
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voluntarily. You chained yourself to
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others expectations, selling your
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identity in exchange for ephemeral
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applause for momentary approval. And
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now, now that you look inside, what
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remains of you? What part is
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authentically yours? And what part was
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shaped by fear, by insecurity, by the
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sick need to fit in? They made you
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believe that control was the key. They
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sold you the illusion that if you
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managed every aspect of your life,
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everything would turn out well.
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Everything would be perfect. Do you want
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to know the truth that nobody dares to
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tell you?
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Absolute control is a lie, a mental trap
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designed to keep you busy, distracted,
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disconnected from what really matters.
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The more you obsess over having control,
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the more you slide towards anxiety,
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towards silent desperation, towards a
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life that you never finish living
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because you're always busy preparing for
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something that never
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arrives. Have you ever wondered why you
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feel that inexplicable void despite
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apparently having it
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all? It's because what you have isn't
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really yours. Your success, your
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relationships, even your thoughts are
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contaminated by the constant worry about
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how they will be perceived by others.
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And the more you seek external
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validation, the further you drift from
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your center, from that true essence that
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you once knew how to recognize, but that
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now you barely remember. Michelle de
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Montene from his silent tower in the
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16th century saw clearly what today you
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don't want to accept. That detachment is
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not indifference but the only path
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towards true freedom. He understood that
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we live trapped not by external
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circumstances but by our sick attempt to
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control the uncontrollable, by our
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obsession to please, to fit in, to avoid
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criticism at all costs. But what if I
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told you that the detachment you so fear
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is precisely the key that opens the door
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to your
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freedom? What would happen if for a
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moment you dared to let go of that rope
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you hold so tightly? that rope that you
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believe saves you, but that in reality
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is slowly suffocating you. Because
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here's the paradox. The more you try to
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control, the less control you actually
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have. The more you seek to please, the
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less authentic you are. And the more you
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resist change, the stronger it hits you
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when it inevitably
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comes. The world does not function under
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your control, and it never will.
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Accepting this is not weakness. It is
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wisdom. Life in its chaos and
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unpredictability demands something very
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simple but
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terrifying to let go. Let go of your
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need for approval. Let go of your fear
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of failing. Let go of that false
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identity you've created to protect
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yourself from others
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judgment. Imagine for a second what
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would happen if you stopped worrying so
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much about others opinions. Who would
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you be without that constant fear? What
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would you do if you knew nobody would
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ever judge you? That person you see in
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your mind right now, that version of
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yourself who lives without mental
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chains, is who you really are. But
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there's something darker, something
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deeper behind this uncomfortable
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reality. And it's that you fear letting
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go of control because deep down you
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don't know who you are without those
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chains. You're afraid to discover that
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your identity has been so diluted, so
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mixed with the external that upon
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letting go of all that, maybe nothing
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would remain. But here's the liberating
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and brutal truth that Montaigne
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whispered from his tower centuries ago.
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By letting go of what you are not, for
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the first time, you can clearly see what
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you
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are. The freedom you seek is just on the
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other side of the fear that now
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paralyzes you. It's not in a self-help
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book, nor in motivational advice, nor in
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any mystical secret. It's here in this
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precise moment, waiting for you to have
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enough courage to face your life and
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say, "I no longer need anyone's
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approval. I no longer need to control
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the unpredictable. I no longer need to
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pretend who I am not." Now tell me, are
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you ready to let go? Or will you
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continue clinging to control? Knowing
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that each day that passes takes you
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further from your true essence. This is
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just the beginning of a journey that you
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may not want to make but desperately
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need. And the decision is solely in your
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hands. Will you live trapped in a golden
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cage built by yourself? Or will you
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accept the risk of jumping into the
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unknown, into a freedom that may terrify
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you, but that ultimately makes you feel
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alive?
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Welcome to the philosophy of detachment,
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to the pursuit of an inner freedom that
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will change absolutely everything you
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thought you knew about
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yourself. The path is unsettling, but I
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assure you, the only thing more
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terrifying than moving towards that
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freedom is staying exactly where you are
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now. You have been convinced that
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pursuing goals is the most important
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thing. But what would happen if you
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discovered that most of those goals were
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never really
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yours? All your life you have been
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striving to climb ladders that others
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built without ever questioning whether
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you really wanted to get there. And now
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that you are so high up, what do you
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see? The panorama you dreamed of or just
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the distorted reflection of what someone
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else wanted you to be? We are obsessed
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with the idea of success. believing that
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achieving certain goals will finally
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give us
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peace. But have you ever wondered what
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exactly success is? And more
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importantly, whose
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success? Perhaps you have already
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achieved several of those goals that
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were supposed to make you happy.
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Studying the right thing, working where
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it corresponds, relating with the right
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people. And yet you feel that something
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is missing. That feeling, that
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uncomfortable truth that wakes you up at
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night is the voice you've ignored for
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too long. Your authentic essence
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demanding to be heard. Monteni
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discovered in his voluntary confinement
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away from the noise of the world,
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something revealing and dangerous. That
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true success looks nothing like what
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they sold you. It is not a social
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position, not an accumulation of goods,
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not even external
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recognition. True success, the one few
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dare to pursue, is living fully aligned
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with your own nature. But of course, for
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that you have to know who you really are
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beyond the mask, beyond the
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expectations, and beyond that false
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version of yourself that you present to
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the world every day. You have become so
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accustomed to pretending that you don't
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even notice the immense effort you make
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daily to sustain an image that doesn't
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represent you. But the mind is
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relentless. Even if you try to ignore
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it, there will always be something
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within you that rebels. Something that
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sooner or later breaks the
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facade. Want an uncomfortable but
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liberating truth?
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As long as you continue hiding behind
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characters, you will never know true
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tranquility. The stress, the anxiety,
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and the constant feeling of emptiness
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are simply the logical consequence of a
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life lived for others. But here comes
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the tricky part, and Montana had it
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clear. Most people prefer the security
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of an uncomfortable life before the risk
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of facing the uncertainty of being
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themselves.
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They prefer to continue with a
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half-life, settling for crumbs of
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happiness rather than facing the risk of
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discovering who they really
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are. And you, which group are you in?
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Are you one of those who assume the risk
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of finding themselves or one of those
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who prefer to remain comfortably numbed
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by
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routine? Because yes, routine is a very
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effective anesthetic. It keeps you busy,
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distracted, trapped in a repetitive
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circle that slowly numbs your will. But
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what you don't see is that this apparent
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security comes at a very high price. The
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total loss of your inner freedom. And
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freedom, although many confuse it with
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doing whatever they want at any moment,
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is actually something much deeper.
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Freedom is having the courage to be true
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to yourself, even if that means
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challenging expectations, breaking
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patterns, and sometimes disappointing
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those you love the
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most. Perhaps at this point, you think,
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what if by being authentic, I lose
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everything I've achieved so
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far. And here's where another paradox
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appears. If you really need to pretend
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to maintain what you
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have, then it was never yours in the
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first
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place. True relationships, the projects
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that really matter, the achievements
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worth keeping, survive perfectly well
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with
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authenticity. On the contrary, only by
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being authentic do you discover what
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really matters and what was simply
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taking up space.
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In reality, you have much less to lose
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than you imagine and much more to gain
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than you believe. But of course, you
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must first take the leap, that leap into
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the unknown, into a life you do not
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fully control, but that at least will
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truly be yours.
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And here again comes the central idea of
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Montenia reminding us that detachment
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does not mean abandoning what you love
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but understanding that only from
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absolute freedom can you love and build
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genuinely. Everything you possess from
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anxiety and attachment ends up
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possessing you. Here's the message no
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one tells you. Most live in fear of
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losing what they have because they've
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never allowed themselves to discover
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what would happen if they lost it. They
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cling desperately to relationships,
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jobs, prefabricated
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identities, and in that effort, they
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forget that real life begins right when
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you stop clinging to what doesn't
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represent you. So, what are you going to
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do now? Will you continue living by
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inertia, afraid to discover who you are?
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Or will you finally have enough courage
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to let go of the known and launch
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yourself into the uncertainty that
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terrifies you but holds the possibility
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of discovering something much more
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valuable. Who you really are away from
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control, approval, and fear. This is the
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path Montana walked from his silent
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tower. and it is the same path that now
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lies before you. Will you dare to walk
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it or will you settle for continuing to
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be a spectator of your own existence?
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The answer is yours alone. Following
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that line, we can explore how the act of
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storytelling is not only a vehicle for
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conveying knowledge or emotions, but
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also a deep mirror of our search for
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identity. When we narrate, whether
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consciously or unconsciously, we
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position ourselves in front of the
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reflection of what we are or what we
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long to be. The narrative then becomes a
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powerful tool for
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self-exloration where each character or
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situation projects our deepest desires
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or our most hidden fears. We often
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forget that fiction is also a way of
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rehearsing life. A kind of emotional
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simulator in which we can live multiple
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destinies without taking real risks.
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Therefore, in times of collective
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uncertainty or crisis like the times we
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live in, stories become even more
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relevant. They offer refuge and
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catharsis simultaneously.
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But beyond comfort, they also allow a
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boldness that we seldom dare to show in
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our everyday reality, inviting us to
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transgress imaginary limits and explore
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radically different
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perspectives. And here comes a
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fascinating point. How much do the
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stories we tell ourselves influence our
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daily decisions? Perhaps the narrative
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we cultivate internally determines how
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we interpret external reality. filtering
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our experiences and invisibly but
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constantly shaping the course of our
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lives. Thus, the power of storytelling
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is not only social or cultural but
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intimately personal, capable of
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transforming our present and future from
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the words we choose to tell ourselves
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who we
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are. This leads us to an even more
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provocative question. What if changing
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the story we tell ourselves internally
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was a way to rewrite our destiny? It's
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not far-fetched to think that many
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people live trapped in inherited
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narratives that don't entirely belong to
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them. Stories of failure, limitations,
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imposed roles and yet accept them as
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unmovable
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truths. In this sense, reclaiming one's
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own narrative can be a profoundly
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revolutionary act. rewriting ourselves
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not just as victims but as protagonists
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with agency capable of reignifying the
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past and projecting different
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futures. Moreover, there is an
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intriguing phenomenon. The stories we
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tell not only affect how we act but also
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how others perceive us.
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A well articulated narrative about who
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we believe we are can become a kind of
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self-fulfilling prophecy influencing our
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relationships, our opportunities and the
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way the world responds to us as if the
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internal narrative were a silent script
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that we all unknowingly help to perform.
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Thus, consciously building our personal
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story is not just a matter of
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introspection but also a life
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strategy. On the other hand, we must
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consider the role of contradiction
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within the personal narrative. We are
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not linear beings, nor should our
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stories be. Embracing that a rich
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narrative includes dark zones, changes
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of course, contradictions, and
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ambiguities is embracing the human in
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its entirety. Indeed, the best stories
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are not those where everything fits
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perfectly, but those that leave us with
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open questions, moments of discomfort,
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and flashes of truth among the
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confusion. It is in that imperfection
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where the beauty of the narrated and
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therefore of life itself lies. And
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perhaps the most poetic of all this is
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that we never stop rewriting ourselves.
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Every conversation, every encounter,
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every silence even adds a line to the
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narrative. We are perpetual writers of
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an unfinished text. Sometimes conscious,
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sometimes not. that every decision, no
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matter how small, is sculpting a new
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version of our story. And if you've read
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this far, you may have already realized
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something powerful. We are not secondary
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characters in a story written by others.
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We are authors in the midst of a
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creative process. And the fascinating
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thing is that there are no final drafts.
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Every day can be a new page. Yes. but
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also a page that rewrites the previous
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ones. What yesterday seemed like a sad
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chapter today can be read as the turning
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point before
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rebirth. And that perhaps is the great
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alchemy of the human narrative. Turning
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scars into symbols, mistakes into plot
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twists, silences into
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suspense. But beware, because here comes
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the final twist. What if the true art of
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living was not knowing exactly what
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story we are telling? Because in
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uncertainty, there is also beauty. In
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not knowing whether you are in a comedy,
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a tragedy, or an epic, there is an
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almost magical
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freedom. Sometimes the most powerful
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stories are not those that close with a
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big applause, but those that leave you
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wanting to keep writing because it's not
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over yet.
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And now we have come to the end.
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Although you know that endings are also
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disguised beginnings. If any of this
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resonated with you, subscribe and
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next chapter. And leave me this phrase
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in the comments. I rewrite my
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story. That way I'll know you made it
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here and that you are part of this
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community of conscious, curious, and
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brave narrators.
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See you in the next episode where you
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might not have the answers, but you will
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definitely come out with better
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questions. Until then, close the book,
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but don't put it away because the next
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paragraph could change everything.
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