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Live, Love, and Be Happy

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Mary Carter
8 min readDec 23, 2024
Photo by Alexey Demidov

Life doesn’t wait.

Every second wasted in fear is a second that never comes back. The words of those who have already departed echo like a slap in the face: “Life is cyclical, what begins today will end tomorrow.” Not as a death sentence, but as a battle cry to existence!

Know that “but” that holds you back? Fuck it!

Right now!

It’s just a three-letter word that takes up way too much space in your mind, in your heart, in your dreams. It’s the anchor that keeps you standing still while life runs past you. Time isn’t going to pause so you can feel “ready”.

The world needs your most authentic version.

That 1% better than yesterday isn’t about bank numbers or awards on the wall.

It’s about waking up and choosing to live, truly live.

It’s about making that call you’ve been putting off for months. It’s about saying “I love you” without fear of the response. It’s about dancing even when you don’t know the steps.

The one who hates you? Let them hate.

While they waste energy cultivating hate, you’re too busy building something greater.

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