What if everything was just a lie?
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Last published Sun, Sep 4, 2016
"Envy is when someone walks around with a pocket full of 'that should have been me'.
Hate is what happens when you put a shotgun to the face of understanding and it cowers in the corner.
Truth is everything you tell yourself when no one is looking.
Courage is ripping your heart from your chest saying 'here, hold on to this for me'.
Trust is when you jump into someone's arm knowing they would never let you hit the ground.
Love is a tablespoon of hemlock I've been dying to try .
Faith is doing what you love for a living and watching the bills pay themselves.
Failure is when you talk yourself out of becoming something amazing."
-Rudy Francisco
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