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There is no feeling like being free. Freedom and peace of mind are priceless. I'm walking into my destiny with a little more wisdom than ever before.... why? Because I'm letting life happen. I know that you were expecting me to say that I figured out something that was troubling me. Truth be told, I'm still putting the pieces of my "perfect life" back together. Building my dreams has taught me that nothing worth having is going to come easy. It's both the grit and shine of the hustle that make life worth living.

How can you floss if you've never known lack?

I say all of this to say that there is beauty in the confusion. This is your life to live and you've got to take destiny by the balls. You can't back pedal away from your dreams because someone hurt you or walked away from you. Your dreams had validity before he or she walked into your life and they still do once they're gone. Sometimes we put our all into other people without even realizing it. Sometimes we give people too much credit for our dreams becoming reality. My challenge to you today is to give yourself some dang credit.

Sis, you're here. You are living out your purpose and looking good. Stop stunting whoever isn't supporting you. Forget about who isn't here for you and choose to put your all into your own dreams. Whatever is for you will always be yours for the taking. I can't stress that enough. Nobody who left was meant to stay and nobody who stayed was meant to go. Give yourself time and resource to grow. I promise you that in the end it will all be worth it.

Walk away from things that are no longer serving you. In the famous works of Drake, "I had to let go of us to show myself what I could do."

You owe it to yourself. Be free.

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