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Journey Collection
Chapter 2
You
Chapter. 2
You
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You are the Gem.
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Your skin, Your colours,
The lines on your hands, they all uniquely belong to you.
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Stop looking elsewhere, the value is already in you.
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You are the Gem.
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For a while, I struggled with looking at myself.
Despite all the things I have done or have made,
I never think I was enough.
I would compare my achievements with others that are far into their path, and would wonder when I will get there. I was striving for what seems to be "successful" in the public eye, without really thinking about what is actually important to me.
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Did I really want to become like this person I look up to?
Or did I just want to fit into this idea of "success"?
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Who am I?
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What do I care about?
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What are my values?
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What is my purpose?
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I did not know my answers, but I started searching.
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I looked and looked everywhere.
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I listened to so many podcasts, I read so many writings,
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but the answers were within me all along.
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All I needed to do was to look at myself and find them within me.
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The ring is meant to look like it is suppose
to have a gemstone set in the middle.
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Guess what, You are the Gem.
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Stop looking elsewhere but start finding the value within you.
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When you open you hands again,
look at the mirror on the back side of the ring,
look at yourself and tell yourself:
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You are the Gem,
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You are valuable,
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Find your own path,
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You are on your own journey.
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