I realized that the book was never blank. It was waiting.
Waiting to be filled with my journey, my feelings, my truth.
And in that moment, I understood something deeply:
I had felt blank because I wasn’t living in the present.
I was always stuck in the past or too worried about the future.
But now I was writing my life. Living it. Discovering it.
I smiled and cried at the same time.
Goosebumps ran down my arms.
Now I know the true meaning of life.
Life is an undiscovered journey—and we must embrace it.
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