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Even when numb, you can slowly awaken.

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Some days you don't feel anything. That's not emptiness. That's rest.

Numbness as a quiet form of recovery, not a sign of damage.

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🌸 Some days you don't feel anything. That's not emptiness. That's rest. Numbness as a quiet form of recovery, not a sign of damage.

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The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.

To feel deeply, even pain, is proof that your heart is still wildly alive.

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🪐 The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference. To feel deeply, even pain, is proof that your heart is still wildly alive.

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