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Even when the struck match of summer lost its heat, the colour of its flame remained.
Some things in life are difficult. I know you’ve probably heard that before, but what that really means is that when you encounter something that’s difficult, this is not a reflection on you. Of your capacity or worth. It is a natural quality of life. Some hills are steep. Some rivers are filled with rapid water. Some deserts are so long and arid it’s like they’re never going to stop. “Some people may be better at crossing rivers, others at climbing hills, but there is not one person on this earth talented at everything. You cannot control, in the moment, if the new landscape you encounter is
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It’s like…you know when you peek through a window? And the window can be clean or it can be dirty or it can have water streaming down. And depending on the window, the world outside looks one way or it looks another. Like, it can be the sunniest day outside, but if that window is all warped and dirty, you’re not going to see the sunlight. Sometimes, my window gets like that, and it’s hard to clean it, but I know how to now.”
kind of expected it to clean itself with time or something. And it just got dirtier and dirtier until I couldn’t see through it.”
“Yeah.” “So, for some reason, people think that with genders, there are only two colours. Girl and boy. But really, you can be one of the million little shades in between. And sometimes you can be one shade one moment and another shade the next. And that can be confusing, but what can hurt the most is if you tell yourself there are only two options, even if they don’t feel good at all. Maybe you don’t know what shade you are right now. That’s okay!
“People don’t feel brave, Isla. They feel fear. They are brave.”
The world seemed to sigh and shudder with the oxymoronic tightening rope of relief.
