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Be there for your tattered soul.

Hold the fragmented pieces tenderly.

Do not chastise them for being fragile and succumbing

to the weight of emotions.

Be there for yourself even if it is hard.

Close your eyes and breathe three times.

Delight in the filling of your lungs, even if it is hard.

Offer yourself a smile.

You deserve all kinds of rays of sunshine

and all gentle warm breezes caressing the valley of your cheeks.

You do not need to polish your pain to fit the narrative of others,

or adorn it with fancy words for it to be acknowledged.

Your pain is real, and even if it is hard,

Smile to yourself for five seconds.

Life wants you to be present.

Life was made for you.

Life is you.

Do not give up.