This line has really affected me.

[Tbear]

4. The harder I tried to rise up, the more people try to pull me down.

Like bugs crawling to the top of the open jar while the other bugs knock them down trying to jump over them.

Forgiving others can be hard but the hardest thing can be forgiving your younger self. It’s all I know to do when the negative thoughts come.

We all do what seems best at the time. Being neither a liar nor a thief while doing so is my small comfort for never achieving anything noteworthy.