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come to earth.

it’s so fun. you can laugh, cry, sing and dance. you can fall in and out of love. you can start a company and lose the company. you can play and pretend. you can get a job and then get fired. you can lay around, watch the world go by, run marathons, walk in the woods, hike and climb and strive and sweat. you can break and stretch. sail the oceans and follow the stars. stay and go and travel and rest. you can hurry, you can rush and you can wait. you can fight and hide, learn and resist. make friends and make enemies. soften and forget. harden and regret.

you can be afraid, you can be proud. you can eat first or you can eat last. you can ruin everyone else’s meal, if you wanted to. you can be the foot or you can be the neck. the hammer or the nail. put things together and break them apart. you can guard the gate. you can open the door. you can embarrass yourself. you can set yourself free.

change your mind and write a poem. have a favorite song. watch the moon rise and the sun set. you can drive and fly and scream and swim. you can be lonely, empty and full. you can hurt and heal. persevere and begin again. be humbled and lost. you can seek and be found.

you can decorate. eat snacks. cook dinner. love an animal. be clear, be confused, insist, miss the point entirely, and still forgive. you can grieve and you can give. you will die. and you can live.