This is our story to tell. He says it in his Ten Commandments way and it hits me that way: profoundly. You'd think for all the reading I do, I would have thought about this before, but I haven't. I've never once thought about the interpretative, the storytelling aspect of life, of my life. I always feel like I was in a story, yes, but not like I was the author of it, or like I had any say in ita telling whatsoever. You can tell your story any way you damn well please. It's your solo. . Jandy Nelson
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When you go through a hard time, it's easy to feel like you’re in the story of your life. You're living in a novel that has yet to end, but you don't have any control over the plot. The author is writing for you, which can make it feel like your life is being written by someone else. But when you realize that it's your life, you have the power to shape it any way you want.You are in charge of your life and the way it turns out.

When you think about this, it makes sense that you can make your life into a book or movie or poem or painting or sculpture. You can do anything.

Source: The Sky Is Everywhere

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