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Most of life isn't clear victories or losses. It's something in the middle. It moves forward, or sometimes sits still, but, for most of us, it's never really that terrible or fantastic. And even when it is terrible, it's not the end of the world, and when it's fantastic it's not exactly perfect. That's why it's really hard to see someone's truest self.
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Most of life isn't clear victories or losses. It's something in the middle. It moves forward, or sometimes sits still, but, for most of us, it's never really that terrible or fantastic. And even when it is terrible, it's not the end of the world, and when it's fantastic it's not exactly perfect. That's why it's really hard to see someone's truest self.
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