THE BOOK THAT KNOWS YOU'RE READING IT 👁️📖

# PAGE 1 — THE BEGINNING<br />
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You opened this book.<br />
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That was your first decision.<br />
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You could have chosen another book. You could have closed this one. You could have continued scrolling.<br />
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But you didn&#039;t.<br />
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You&#039;re here.<br />
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The interesting question isn&#039;t why you started reading.<br />
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The interesting question is...<br />
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**Why are you still reading?**<br />
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# PAGE 2 — DON&#039;T LOOK AWAY<br />
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Before you continue, look away from this page for five seconds.<br />
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Go ahead.<br />
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...<br />
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Welcome back.<br />
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You probably expected nothing to happen.<br />
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But something did.<br />
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For five seconds, you were thinking about this book.<br />
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Even when you weren&#039;t reading it.<br />
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# PAGE 3 — A SMALL QUESTION<br />
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What is your name?<br />
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Don&#039;t say it out loud.<br />
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Just think about it.<br />
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Now answer this:<br />
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**Who was listening when you said it inside your head?**<br />
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# PAGE 4 — YOU THOUGHT OF SOMEONE<br />
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There is someone you haven&#039;t thought about for a long time.<br />
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Now you&#039;re thinking about them.<br />
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You didn&#039;t choose them.<br />
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Their face simply appeared.<br />
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Strange, isn&#039;t it?<br />
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How can your mind surprise you...<br />
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when your mind is supposed to belong to you?<br />
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# PAGE 5 — THE EMPTY SPACE<br />
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Read the next sentence carefully.<br />
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**Do not imagine a red door.**<br />
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Too late.<br />
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Your mind created it.<br />
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Maybe the door was old.<br />
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Maybe it was locked.<br />
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Maybe you imagined what was behind it.<br />
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I never described any of that.<br />
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**So who did?**<br />
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# PAGE 6 — YOU ARE NOT READING ALONE<br />
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Don&#039;t worry.<br />
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There is nobody hiding behind you.<br />
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Probably.<br />
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But you are not reading alone.<br />
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Every memory you&#039;ve ever created is reading this page with you.<br />
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Every fear you carry is here.<br />
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Every secret.<br />
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Every version of yourself you pretend doesn&#039;t exist.<br />
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They are all sitting quietly...<br />
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watching you turn the page.<br />
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# PAGE 7 — THE FIRST MEMORY<br />
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Think of your oldest memory.<br />
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Don&#039;t force it.<br />
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Let it arrive naturally.<br />
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Are you sure it happened exactly that way?<br />
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Memories change every time we remember them.<br />
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So perhaps your oldest memory isn&#039;t a memory anymore.<br />
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Perhaps it is simply...<br />
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**the story you&#039;ve told yourself the most.**<br />
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# PAGE 8 — THE VERSION OF YOU<br />
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There are many versions of you.<br />
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The person your family knows.<br />
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The person your friends know.<br />
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The person strangers see.<br />
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And then there is the version of you who exists only when nobody is watching.<br />
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Which one is the real you?<br />
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Or are they all pretending to be?<br />
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# PAGE 9 — PAUSE<br />
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Stop reading for a moment.<br />
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Listen.<br />
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What is the quietest sound around you right now?<br />
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A fan?<br />
<br />
Traffic?<br />
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Your breathing?<br />
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Now listen even more carefully.<br />
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You were surrounded by these sounds before this page.<br />
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You simply weren&#039;t paying attention.<br />
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How much of your life exists...<br />
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without you noticing it?<br />
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# PAGE 10 — THE SECRET QUESTION<br />
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You have a secret.<br />
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Maybe a small one.<br />
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Maybe a life-changing one.<br />
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I don&#039;t know what it is.<br />
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But when you read the words **&quot;you have a secret,&quot;**<br />
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something came to your mind.<br />
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That is not my secret.<br />
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It is yours.<br />
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And somehow...<br />
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you brought it into this book.<br />
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# PAGE 11 — THE CHOICE<br />
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You are about to make a choice.<br />
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Turn the page.<br />
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Or close the book.<br />
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It seems like a simple decision.<br />
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But your entire life is made from decisions that once seemed small.<br />
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One message.<br />
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One conversation.<br />
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One person.<br />
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One wrong turn.<br />
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One page.<br />
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How many decisions created the person reading these words?<br />
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# PAGE 12 — SOMEONE IS MISSING<br />
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Imagine a dinner table.<br />
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Now imagine everyone you love sitting around it.<br />
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Look carefully.<br />
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Is someone missing?<br />
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Someone who used to be there?<br />
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Someone you wish was there?<br />
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Someone who never got the chance?<br />
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You didn&#039;t need this book to miss them.<br />
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You just needed a reason to remember.<br />
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# PAGE 13 — THE QUESTION YOU AVOID<br />
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There is a question you&#039;ve been avoiding.<br />
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You know which one.<br />
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Maybe it sounds like:<br />
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*&quot;Am I really happy?&quot;*<br />
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*&quot;What am I doing with my life?&quot;*<br />
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*&quot;Why haven&#039;t I started?&quot;*<br />
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*&quot;What if I fail?&quot;*<br />
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You don&#039;t have to answer it.<br />
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But remember something.<br />
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Ignoring a question...<br />
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doesn&#039;t make it disappear.<br />
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# PAGE 14 — LOOK AT YOUR HANDS<br />
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Look at your hands.<br />
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Really look at them.<br />
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They have been with you through everything.<br />
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Every goodbye.<br />
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Every celebration.<br />
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Every mistake.<br />
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Every moment you wish you could forget.<br />
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Your hands remember a life...<br />
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that your mind has already started forgetting.<br />
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# PAGE 15 — THE OTHER LIFE<br />
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Somewhere inside your imagination, another version of you exists.<br />
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They made different choices.<br />
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They said yes when you said no.<br />
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They left when you stayed.<br />
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They started when you waited.<br />
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Are they happier?<br />
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You will never know.<br />
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But sometimes, late at night...<br />
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you wonder about them.<br />
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# PAGE 16 — THE NAME IN YOUR HEAD<br />
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Think of the first person you ever loved.<br />
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Don&#039;t tell me their name.<br />
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You already thought of it.<br />
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Now ask yourself something.<br />
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Do you miss that person?<br />
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Or do you miss the person you were...<br />
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when they were part of your life?<br />
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# PAGE 17 — THE MIRROR<br />
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Imagine standing in front of a mirror.<br />
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Your reflection looks exactly like you.<br />
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But then...<br />
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it smiles.<br />
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You didn&#039;t.<br />
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Why does that image feel frightening?<br />
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Perhaps because we expect our reflection to obey us.<br />
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Just like we expect our minds to obey us.<br />
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Do they?<br />
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# PAGE 18 — A MESSAGE YOU NEVER SENT<br />
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There is probably a message you wanted to send but never did.<br />
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Maybe you were afraid.<br />
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Maybe you were angry.<br />
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Maybe it was already too late.<br />
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If you could send that message now...<br />
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would you?<br />
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Or have you become comfortable carrying the words inside you?<br />
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# PAGE 19 — YOU CHANGED<br />
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You are not the same person who started reading this book.<br />
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Not completely.<br />
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A few minutes have passed.<br />
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New thoughts entered your mind.<br />
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Old memories returned.<br />
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Something changed.<br />
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Maybe only a little.<br />
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But that is how people change.<br />
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Quietly.<br />
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One thought at a time.<br />
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# PAGE 20 — THE FEAR OF BEING FORGOTTEN<br />
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One day, someone will remember you for the last time.<br />
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Your name will be spoken.<br />
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A memory will appear.<br />
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And then, perhaps, silence.<br />
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Does that scare you?<br />
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Maybe that is why we take photographs.<br />
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Write stories.<br />
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Build businesses.<br />
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Create something.<br />
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We are all trying, in our own way...<br />
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to leave a small light behind.<br />
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# PAGE 21 — THE STRANGER<br />
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Imagine meeting someone who knows everything about you.<br />
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Every mistake.<br />
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Every fear.<br />
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Every embarrassing memory.<br />
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Every thought you never shared.<br />
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Would you trust them?<br />
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Or would you be terrified?<br />
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Now consider this.<br />
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You already know all of those things about yourself.<br />
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So why is it sometimes so difficult...<br />
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to trust yourself?<br />
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# PAGE 22 — READ THIS TWICE<br />
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The person you are trying to become...<br />
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is waiting for you to become them.<br />
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Read that again.<br />
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The future version of you isn&#039;t going to arrive and save you.<br />
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They can only exist...<br />
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after you begin creating them.<br />
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# PAGE 23 — THE LOCKED ROOM<br />
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Imagine a locked room inside your mind.<br />
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Behind the door is something you don&#039;t like to think about.<br />
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A regret.<br />
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A fear.<br />
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A memory.<br />
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A truth.<br />
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You don&#039;t have to open the door today.<br />
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But remember...<br />
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**you built the room.**<br />
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Which means you might also hold the key.<br />
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# PAGE 24 — THE MOMENT BEFORE<br />
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Every important moment in your life had a moment before it.<br />
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Before you fell in love.<br />
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Before you lost someone.<br />
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Before you succeeded.<br />
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Before everything changed.<br />
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At the time, you probably didn&#039;t know what was coming.<br />
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Maybe that is true right now, too.<br />
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Maybe you are standing inside an ordinary moment...<br />
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just before everything changes.<br />
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# PAGE 25 — WHY THIS BOOK EXISTS<br />
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You thought you were reading this book.<br />
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But perhaps this book was only giving you excuses...<br />
<br />
to read yourself.<br />
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The questions were never hidden in these pages.<br />
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They were already inside you.<br />
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I simply turned on the light.<br />
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# PAGE 26 — THE READER<br />
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Who is the reader?<br />
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Not your name.<br />
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Not your job.<br />
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Not your age.<br />
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Not the labels people gave you.<br />
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When everything is removed...<br />
<br />
who remains?<br />
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Take your time.<br />
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Some questions are not supposed to have quick answers.<br />
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# PAGE 27 — ALMOST THE END<br />
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You are close to the final page.<br />
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How do you feel?<br />
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Relieved?<br />
<br />
Curious?<br />
<br />
Disappointed?<br />
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Perhaps you want an answer.<br />
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Perhaps you want a final twist.<br />
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But life rarely explains itself at the end of a chapter.<br />
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Sometimes...<br />
<br />
you simply have to keep reading.<br />
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# PAGE 28 — THE FINAL SECRET<br />
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Here is the secret.<br />
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This book never knew you.<br />
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It couldn&#039;t see you.<br />
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It couldn&#039;t hear you.<br />
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It never followed you.<br />
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**You did all of that yourself.**<br />
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You placed your memories between these words.<br />
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You brought your fears to every page.<br />
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You created the mystery.<br />
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The book only asked the questions.<br />
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# PAGE 29 — ONE LAST QUESTION<br />
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Close your eyes.<br />
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Ask yourself:<br />
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**What am I waiting for?**<br />
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Don&#039;t search for the perfect answer.<br />
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The first honest thought might be enough.<br />
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Perhaps you are waiting for confidence.<br />
<br />
Permission.<br />
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The right time.<br />
<br />
Someone to believe in you.<br />
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But what if...<br />
<br />
the person you are waiting for...<br />
<br />
is you?<br />
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# PAGE 30 — THE END... OR IS IT?<br />
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You have reached the final page.<br />
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But something interesting is happening.<br />
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You are still thinking.<br />
<br />
The book is ending.<br />
<br />
Your thoughts are not.<br />
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So perhaps this was never really a book that knew you were reading it.<br />
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Perhaps...<br />
<br />
**you finally noticed that you were reading yourself.**<br />
<br />
Close the book.<br />
<br />
Look around.<br />
<br />
And remember:<br />
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**The next page is yours to write.**<br />
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# THE END<br />