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Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you want to do with your life, the most interesting people I know didn’t know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives.

Some of the most interesting 40 year olds I know still don’t.

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Whatever you do don’t congratulate yourself too much, or berate yourself either. Your choices are half chance, so are everybody else’s

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Brother and sister

Together we’ll make it through

Someday a spirit will take you and guide you

there.

I know you’ve been hurting but I’ve been

waiting to be there for you

and I’ll be there

just helping you out

whenever I can.

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But trust meon the

Brother and sisterTogether we’ll make it through

Someday a spirit will take you and guide you there.I know you’ve been hurting but I’ve been

waiting to be there for youand I’ll be there

just helping you out whenever I can.

sunscreen

Everybody’s free

Everybody’s free

Everybody