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March 23, 2019
Look.
If you want to be you, be you.
If you want to leave, leave.
If you want to stay, stay.
If you want to be smart, be smart.
If you want to be better, be better.
If you want to be great, be great.
It’s that simple.
I’m sick of hearing people complain about dead-end jobs, low salaries, bad grades, toxic relationships, and laziness.
If you want it, go get it.
This is life.
You aren’t going to get a free pass.
Your dreams aren’t going to land in your lap.
Things are not always okay. You have to make them okay.
You have to work for what you want.
You have to believe in yourself.
So if you’re not trying, if you’re not giving this s*** everything you’ve got, then shut up.
© Kevan B., Beaverton, OR
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