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Old Feb 01, 2017, 08:15 AM
leejosepho leejosepho is offline
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Originally Posted by Mr. Stranger View Post
...it seems to me going home now is in a sense declaring that I've given up hope and on myself, because it's not my first choice to go home.
Giving up on a given hope, goal or dream and giving up on oneself would seem to me to be different things. My own hopes, goals and dreams have changed and even fallen apart or failed many times throughout my life, but I have never yet given up on myself and at least looking for what to try next.
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