It was that pivotal morning when I woke up, and it dawned on me, clear as the sun shining bright from the blue sky, that I must become someone else, someone better. Not that I hated myself, no, but deep inside me simmered that feeling that, outside, in life, something bigger awaited me, for all that I must have had to change. So, first, I thanked my old self for that journey and promised to keep our memories safe and treasure them, but from now on, I had to leave it behind and look forward to creating a new life and a new me.

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