Do not complain about growing old. It is a privilege denied to many.

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Growing up in this post-apartheid era, the first generation of teens in South Africa living in this new democracy, I often found myself feeling different. I was often the only person of color in an otherwise all-white school. And within the Indian community, because of my training with an English acting teacher, my accent was very different.

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The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is, and the future less resolved than it will be. ― Marcel Pagnol

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Until you make peace with who you are, you'll never be content with what you have. ― Doris Mortman

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We are not yet what we shall be, but we are growing toward it, the process is not yet finished.

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I believe that my personal mission in life is to grow and contribute, so I am learning and growing every day.

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My only regrets are the moments when i doubted myself and took the safe route. Life is too short to waste time being unhappy. ― Dan Howell

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There is a kind of happiness and wonder that makes you serious. It is too good to waste on jokes. ― C.S. Lewis

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The simplest questions are the most difficult.

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The time has come to reclaim the stolen harvest and celebrate the growing and giving of good food as the highest gift and the most revolutionary act.

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