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Some days you will feel like you just can’t do it anymore.</p><p id="6db6" class="pw-post-body-paragraph mh mi mj mk b ml mm mn mo mp mq mr ms mt mu mv mw mx my mz na nb nc nd ne nf mc bk">You want to give up on everything.You feel like you have nothing to live for. You feel like your efforts are going to waste.</p><p id="e89e" class="pw-post-body-paragraph mh mi mj mk b ml mm mn mo mp mq mr ms mt mu mv mw mx my mz na nb nc nd ne nf mc bk">You feel negative emotions. You are around people that make you feel negative. And you just think, "how am I going to ever handle all this?"</p><p id="11d7" class="pw-post-body-paragraph mh mi mj mk b ml mm mn mo mp mq mr ms mt mu mv mw mx my mz na nb nc nd ne nf mc bk">But wait... if you take a moment to think about the bigger picture, you’ll understand that all that you’ve fought for will never go to vain. The universe works like magic. You pay a price for something, you get it back and ten times more. So hold onto your goodness, try be as positive as you can.</p><p id="9c0c" class="pw-post-body-paragraph mh mi mj mk b ml mm mn mo mp mq mr ms mt mu mv mw mx my mz na nb nc nd ne nf mc bk">Smile at your haters. And think about something that makes you smile or feel better to keep yourself distracted from the negativity. 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