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You only live once, and life is tragically short. It's easy to look at people who are happy and assume they don't understand your pain. The older you get, the more you realize that happiness takes work. People who smile in public have been through every bit as much as people who cry, frown, scream, etc. They just have the courage and strength to smile through it anyway.Don't be held back by what happened yesterday, the day before, the week before, the year before, or even decades ago. Life is short, so live in the present moment.

Live in the present. Your past is important to learn from. Your future is important to work towards. At the end of the day, though, the only thing that exists outside of your head is the present. So think about your past and future, but only dwell on the present.Create your own opportunities. You can wait for opportunities. Or you can go out there and create your own opportunities. The latter is definite and much more empowering. Live more consciously each day. Stop sleepwalking through life. Your life is something to be experienced, not coasted through.Decide what's important to you. It doesn't matter what it is. Don't do what you think people want you to do. Your parents, friends, community, and society in general all have their opinions, but at the end of the day, you're the only person who will be around for every moment of your life. Do what makes you happy. Everything else will fall into place. Take risks… a lot of them. Sometimes there's danger involved in life, but every reward carries risk with it.

If you never take risks, you'll never get anywhere in life. When people look back on their lives, they regret the chances they didn't take more than the ones they did. Tell people you love them. Family will always appreciate hearing you love them. It will brighten a stranger's day. If you have a romantic interest in someone, just go for it. There are a lot of ways it may end, and only one of them keeps them in your life forever. Just go for it. You have nothing to lose.

Love yourself. You are the one constant in your life. Remember to always treasure and love yourself. You deserve nothing less.