We used to joke that clothes only counts with horseshoes and hand grenades.

Where we are today has changed.

Sometimes life pulls us in ways we'd never expect.

With dreams to hold, egos to protect, it hurts to wander.

So we wonder what's correct. What did they expect?

Lately, my friend, when we talk, I can hear it in your voice.

It's like you're so down right now.

You've forgotten.

Up is even a choice.

You've forgotten sometimes it's what you don't see that destroys. So maybe a timely

reminder, a simple one-liner can briefly fill that void. Because when we look back years from now,

you'll appreciate this moment in time. It's the uphill that shapes the path we need most in our lives.

And look, I've known you for too long to ever believe you'd simply get by.

Trust me, please.

You're right where you need to be the beginning of the story of a lifetime.

Sometimes we need lifelines.

Because we miss the greatness in ourselves.

It's like everyone else is winning.

We watch in self-made cells.

And often my mind goes back to July, jumping down rabbit holes

and writing voices I remember

when we realize that the beautiful ones

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