The bottom line is that being truthful and open and honest with yourself means letting in those scary emotions and noticing the angry self-talk and embracing all of it. That turmoil, that fear, that anger, that self-hatred, and that sadness will be your guide. It will—very slowly, the more you embrace it—guide you to who you are and what you love. Follow your uncertainty and fear into the darkness, accept that the darkness will always be a part of you, and recognize that that’s where you’ll find your passions. Then you’ll finally KNOW. And sometimes you won’t know, too. But it won’t feel the
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