It has not been an easy year. Like the storm that thunders past, you’ve been soaked, hurt, and broken, but here you stand, unyielding like the tree—swaying, but ever alive, rooted, and still tall. I know deep down you’re just as afraid as everyone else. You’re trying to face reality, but reality is so harsh it makes you look away. But things have never gotten better when you look away.

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