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Don't fret the small stuff, like making a mistake or saying the wrong thing. In the end, the small stuff won't matter. In 5 or 10 years, it will be like it never happened. Time flys by, and before you know it, the small stuff will be a speck of dust in the vastness of space and time.
No matter how trapped you feel, there is always a way out; and that way out may not be what you think it is.
Seeing is not always believing. You can't see hope, but you can believe in it. You can't see love, but you can feel it. You can't see happiness, but it will come to you eventually.
There isn't just one way to live. Live your best life with whatever, or whoever makes you happy. If you don't have that, then live to find your happiness.
One way to live is happy. Love yourself and others around you. Nothing is forever, not even the darkness.