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Tom Gentry
Jul 03, 2019
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Many of us have duped ourselves into believing that giving up on our dreams is a sort of rite of passage into adulthood. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Accepting our emotions is accepting ourselves. When we commit to feeling even the most distressing feelings, which never last as long as we fear, we feel stronger when we reach the other side. S…

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