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Great. Ahem.

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Dear Lindsey,

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Dear Lilly,

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Dear

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Bunny from long, long ago

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Dear me,

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What's up?

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This is a letter from your much older, cooler, better dressed self.

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I remember being you and I remember it being really really difficult.

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You're worried about a lot of things right now.

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The coarse black hair, the yellow skin,

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Your grades, your body,

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falling in love,

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dating, your body,

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the color of our skin or

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not feeling blackadent.

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You don't feel like you fit in anywhere now,

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There was this one really mean girl who would just bully me constantly.

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Some of the people you thought were your friends are going to write mean things about you and lie.

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The ones that push you around and don't make time, treat other people poorly.

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Grrrrrarrrrrg!

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But I wanted them to like me and I wanted to be more like them.

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'I wish I could be like them'

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And it was just silly, because

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all those amazing different qualities you have, no one else has.

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Embrasse them, experience them.

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Don't follow the crowd and be who you want to be.

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Stop trying so hard to be someone you're not.

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Don't let anybody else

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try to bring you down or make you second-guess yourself.

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Stay who you are.

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It's ok to be different. It doesn't make you a bad person.

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There's not one person on the face of the planet who can replace YOU.

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You're gonna meet a version of yourself that you never knew existed.

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So don't stress out too much about how you look or how cool you are.

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Just go for it. Be unique. Yes!

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I mean look at you now, you're a huge weirdo, you're still different.

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People kinda like you!

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To go ahead, and mess up big.

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Failure is not the end of the world.

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Don't be afraid of being afraid.

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Just be strong and be confident.

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You are good enough.

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You always have been.

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You've got lots of energy, you're bursting with life.

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And you're gonna do whatever you want.

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But I have to say, the most important thing, is to just have fun.

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Don't forget to laugh.

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Even with your braces.

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Confidence is key.

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You are unique.

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You are great.

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You are...

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You are

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Magical.