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Sometimes you have to lose everything in order to gain yourself.

Iyanla Vanzant

When you don’t show up as who you are, people fall in love with who you’re not. Then when they find out who you are, that’s when they leave.
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Be Yourself Fall In Love Leaving People
You have a right to your thoughts and feelings. Your feelings are always valid.
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Feeling Right Yourself
When you continue to give without receiving, the only thing you are proving is that you know how to be taken advantage of.
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Character Generosity Weakness Yourself
Fear wears so many clever disguises it is virtually impossible to always recognize it. Fear disguises itself as the need to be somewhere else, doing something else, not knowing how to do something or not needing to do something.
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Fear Impossible Need Recognition Wisdom
It takes a lot more courage to let something go than it does to hang on to it, trying to make it better. Letting go doesn’t mean ignoring a situation. Letting go means accepting what is, exactly as it is, without fear, resistance, or a struggle for control.
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Acceptance Control Courage Fear Ignorance Let Go Resistance Struggle
Family is supposed to be our safe haven. Very often, it’s the place where we find the deepest heartache.
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Deep Family Heart Broken Pain Place Safety
Sometimes you have to lose everything in order to gain yourself.
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Inspirational Lose Yourself
If you are afraid to take a chance, take one anyway. What you don’t do can create the same regrets as the mistakes you make.
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Afraid Creation Mistake Regret Yourself
You will stumble at time, forget what you want, fall headfirst into your old habits and beliefs. Fear not! Always remember to be patient and loving with yourself and others because that is what God does all the time.
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Belief God Habit Patience Time Yourself
Nothing destroys self-worth, self-acceptance and self-love faster than denying what you feel. Without feelings, you would not know where you are in life. Nor would you know what areas you need to work on. Honor your feelings. Allow yourself to feel them.
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Acceptance Destroy Feeling Life Loss Recovery Self Love Worth Yourself
When you can tell the story and it doesn’t bring up any pain, you know it is healed.
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Healing Pain Story Yourself
If someone has offended you, insulted you, or disappointed you, let it go! If you are remembering all the ways you have been hurt or forgotten, let it go! Ask yourself, what good does it do for me to hold on to this?
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Disappoint Forget Goodness Insult Let Go Remember Yourself
We set the standard of how we want to be treated. Our relationships are reflections of the relationships we have with ourselves.
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Deep Ourselves Reflection Relationship
Don’t get hung up on the hard times, the challenges. Tell your story by highlighting the victories. Because it’s your victories that will inspire, motivate, encourage other people to live their stories in grander ways.
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Challenge Hard Time Live People Story Victory Yourself
Everybody does not have to like you. That is not their job. Liking you is not anyone’s purpose in life except yours.
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Job Purpose Yourself
Gratitude is like a magnet; the more grateful you are, the more you will receive to be grateful for.
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Gratitude Thankful Yourself

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