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In the time we spend reeling in confusion, grasping at straws trying to piece our egos together, we forget to acknowledge some things. Society created gender roles and categorizations and lifestyles and names and titles because we fear the unknown, especially when the unknown is us.It__ as though we__e stranded in the middle of an ocean, but we were promised the current would bring us back ashore. We__e given all we need on the life raft. As far as we can see, we__e being led back, slowly. We don__ know when we__l approach the shore, but all evidence points to the fact that we will. But we don__ spend our time looking around, enjoying the view, seeing who came with us, and riding out the waves. We sit and panic about what we__e doing and why we came here.It doesn__ matter where we started because we may never know. It matters where we__e going, because that, we do. We begin and we end. We__e seen one, so there__ only one other option.
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In the time we spend reeling in confusion, grasping at straws trying to piece our egos together, we forget to acknowledge some things. Society created gender roles and categorizations and lifestyles and names and titles because we fear the unknown, especially when the unknown is us.It__ as though we__e stranded in the middle of an ocean, but we were promised the current would bring us back ashore. We__e given all we need on the life raft. As far as we can see, we__e being led back, slowly. We don__ know when we__l approach the shore, but all evidence points to the fact that we will. But we don__ spend our time looking around, enjoying the view, seeing who came with us, and riding out the waves. We sit and panic about what we__e doing and why we came here.It doesn__ matter where we started because we may never know. It matters where we__e going, because that, we do. We begin and we end. We__e seen one, so there__ only one other option.

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