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Choose Yourself

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Christopher Rivas
Jul 07, 2025
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You’re happier when you don’t need other people to make you feel good about yourself. You’re happier when you don’t need others to tell you who you are. You’re happier when you don’t need other people to tell you you’re enough.

When you don’t need others to choose you. When you don’t hunger for their yes. A persons gaze, wandering eye, a half smile, a no…

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