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Each one of us has faced many struggles in life. We have different tolerances in all situations, so we can’t judge how that one person feels in a particular situation. Some of us have faced really hard battles; some were light battles.

But knowing that you're here, reading this means you have survived this year. You have won that battle between you and yourself. They say that the most powerful enemy you have is yourself. Not your traitorous friend, nor the people who judge you.

That powerful enemy is yourself; it is inside you luring you to believe whatever it wants you to do, and you are so good that you didn’t let that someone inside you overcome you and control your life, and I want to congratulate you for that.

Congratulations for being here.

Congratulations for overcoming the battles that you have faced.

You are not weak, like what's inside you was trying to make you believe.

You are stronger than you can imagine.

For those people who lost someone to hold on to,

Don’t lose hope. You are amazing for reaching here.

You are amazing for continuing to live even after losing the person you cling to.

And most of all, you are not alone. Someone out there is ready to be a shoulder and a hand for you to hold on to.

And someone out there might be holding onto you.

Someone out there believes in you. You just have to find them and start holding on to each other.

For those people who seem to lose interest in anything,

You are not lazy.

You just need to have some time for yourself.

Grab that alone time and get to know yourself again. You might find something that'll help you to find an interest in something, and you might find something about yourself that you can use to start a new you.

For those people who are tired of pretending,

Don’t give up. Those people's judgements are not your enemies. They are nothing. Your true enemy is yourself. Please defeat it. I know you can because you are strong.

Defeat that someone inside you who has been trying to make you into someone else and unleash that courage inside you.

That courage to do anything that your heart wants to do, the judgements and prejudices don’t matter; you do. Be yourself. No need to pretend.

You are not a clown to please people. You are you to please yourself.

For those people who've been bottling their worries,

Let them go.

Don’t let yourself explode. Find someone whom you trust and tell them your worries.

Or write it down. Write all your worries. Express yourself.

Don’t let those worries let you down and make you give up. You are strong, you are heard, and you are not alone. Let it go.

For those people who feel alone,

Open up.

In this world, there are many people who are just like you. You are not alone. Find the courage to do the things that you have to do.

Socialize, be bold and let them know who you are.

For those people who feel ugly,

Cheer up.

You are not ugly.

Beauty doesn’t end with clear skin and red lips. Don’t let society’s standard of beauty get into you.

You are unique, and that is beautiful. Being different does not mean you are ugly; it means you have something that other people can’t have.

Embrace your uniqueness. Society’s beauty standard is just the beginning of all. Beauty always ends in how you perceive yourself. On how you see yourself.

Be your own standard of beauty.

For those who have lost a reason to live and want to give up,

Always embrace your feelings.

Don’t invalidate them and don’t think you are exaggerating things.

If you're sad, cry.

If you’re angry, cry.

If you’re in pain, cry.

That is how you embrace what you feel. But after you cry your heart out, sleep it off, and start a new beginning when you wake up.

Cry everything out, but don’t give up. You are worthy of everything, and giving up will just stop you from claiming everything that is fated to be yours.

To all those who've been fighting but have never given up,

Congratulations! A great future is ahead of you.

Problems and failure are part of life; don’t run away from them because you will just end up going back to the path that you have already passed. Instead, face it forward and you will succeed or you will reach your destination.

Love,

Master