Sometimes we cling the most tightly to the very things that are making us sink like a stone. Open your eyes and look at what’s happening. When you live in reality, when you welcome in your feelings, even the most lonely, imperfect life starts to feel a million times more beautiful than the shiny, successful life that you can’t quite feel, that doesn’t touch you, that you can’t trust.

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