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Created on: January 24, 2009
life is like an analogy: you start off thinking it conforms to some kind of pattern or shape that youre familiar with, but in the end it always breaks down and goes its own unique way. You assume it'll be something you can see through clearly, something with a definate path. You hope it'll end up being something that amazes you and everything around you. But in the end you find out that maybe it doesn't have to be something that jumps out and sweeps people off their feet; it doesn't have to be anything that people gawk at. It can be something simple, something pure, and still be something beautiful.
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