To look life in the face, always, to look life in the face, and to know it for what it is...at last, to love it for what it is, and then, to put it away...

Virginia Woolf
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One of the hardest things to do in life is to look life in the face and be able to see what you truly want. It’s so easy for our eyes to get clouded by fear and doubt, and it’s so hard for us to remember that we have a choice about how we perceive the world around us. And then we forget that we can choose how we respond no matter what happens. We forget that we can choose not to fall into despair and give up hope. We forget that we can choose not to let fear and doubt steal our dreams.

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