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You have to let people fail so they can succeed
I have a deep love for places different from where I came from.
I deeply appreciate seeing the world through a different lens, not in black and white, but in shades of grey, with no judgment, illusions, or pretense.
People have felt the need to tell me what I need to do, how I need to do it, how to live my life, and how to live it my entire life. As if to tell me I know nothing, I do know nothing.
I am a blank slate, a sponge to soak up what works for me and what does not. I let it drip onto the floor to evaporate. I am here to learn my way.
In the past, I thought this way worked for me; maybe it would work for someone else, but it never will.
Nothing will ever work if we tell someone how and what to do; this is why most people get frustrated when they listen to advice and do precisely what they are told, and still, it does not work.
Unless you are putting together furniture or building something, blueprints and directions are a different story.
At least in my life, it is like this, your experience is going to be completely different than mine because we are individuals, which is what makes the world a unique place to be, and why we came here to have fun, to make…
