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The Person You Forgot
You are not the worst thing
you have ever done.
You are not the mistakes
that keep you awake at night.
You are not the broken promises,
the shattered relationships,
or the battles
no one else could see.
You are something far greater.
You are a person
who has survived
days you never thought
you would make it through.
That matters.
Somewhere beneath the hurt,
beneath the anger,
beneath the fear,
there is still a spark
that refuses to go out.
Protect it.
Feed it.
Believe in it,
even when belief
feels impossible.
There will be days
when taking one more step
feels like climbing a mountain.
Take it anyway.
There will be moments
when your past
tries to convince you
it owns your future.
Don't believe it.
Your story
has not been written
to its final page.
There are chapters
you haven't lived yet.
People you haven't met.
Dreams you haven't dared
to dream.
Laughter
that hasn't found you.
Peace
that hasn't reached you.
The world has enough people
who have given up.
Be the one
who didn't.
One day,
someone else
will be searching
for hope.
And they'll find it
because you
kept going.
By Jason Strickland
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