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✨ Promise yourself to be happy again.🕊️

In the silence of the night, I stood looking at the distant lights, like a dream that had not yet been reached today, but I knew that it was still waiting for me...

I have no idea what the destination will be.

I don't know how easy or harder it was to decide to walk on my own path, but one thing I do know is that I've been tired of living up to other people's expectations for a long time.

I've tried to do everything right, to be patient, to be framed, to try to tell myself, "It'll get better," but deep down, I know my heart is demanding freedom.

Freedom to choose a life path, freedom to wake up and not feel overwhelmed, freedom to do meaningful work with yourself, freedom to truly be yourself.

I'm not there today, but I'm walking every day, step by step, slow, tired, error. Just don't stop.

And when that day came, the day I lived my life the way I chose,

I promised myself that...

I'll be happy again.

It's not the pleasure of struggle, it's not the happiness of awkwardness, it's the happiness of living the way the heart wants.

The Independent...I'm waiting for me, and soon I'll be there. 🌿

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