There are people you meet that light the darkest corners of your mind. They don't ask you questions. They don't intimidate you. They just look at you and they smile. They smile because they know what it feels like to have been where you are or because they have this inner ability to understand where you are coming from. They don't hold your hand. They don't hug you. They don't tell you it's going to be okay or shower you with words of love. They give you some of their time and a bit of their presence. And something only few people really master: To listen genuinely to what you have to say. . Malak El Halabi
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So, I met this boy and he told me that he had a friend who was really awesome and sweet and we should meet this friend. So we met and we talked and we talked and he told me that he had a girlfriend named Rachel and I felt like I was talking to her. We talked about all sorts of things and as the night went on I began to realize that he was talking about himself. The friend was him.

The girl was him. And the relationship with Rachel was, in fact, the relationship with the friend. There were many moments where I felt like I was sitting across from myself or like I had been transported into the role of the other person and then suddenly found myself back in my own body again.

It got to be a little strange for me because I didn't really want to sit there and watch myself do these things but it was so interesting watching someone else do it instead.

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