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10 Reasons Why Swimming is So Good For You
There is a reason why so many people are recommended to start swimming. It’s because swimming is so good for you. There are so many reasons why swimming is so good for you and we are going to focus on just 10 of those many reasons. Hopefully by the end of reading this blog post, you will have been convinced that swimming is so good and will be making plans to get a swimsuit, cap and goggles and then find your nearest swimming pool. Reason number one: full body workout Swimmi
Maya Kirl
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“White Witch’s Daughter” Dream
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“The Chipmunk One” Dream
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for so long, it's all i've ever known
please, let me tell you. you don't want to stay down, please, let me tell you. you don't want to stay down there. it's so amazing up...
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is it too much to ask?
these words are a little more light than my usual words. sometimes it gets to feel too heavy when all i use are words to describe the...
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They ask questions. They will ask questions.
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Maya Kirl
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It’s great. It’s wonderful. It’s never better.
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Anxiety. You have anxiety.
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Everyone has fears. Some are louder than others.
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The silence is to much to bear.
Gosh. this one i wrote when everything felt so heavy. i was still hiding my secret. i hadn't told anyone about my eating disorder. i was...
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They said they wouldn't. But they did.
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This one hurt to let go of. But healed more than I dreamed of.
This one. I wrote this one in the depth of my misery and pain. I wrote this entry on March 16th, 2016. I had been in my eating disorder...
Maya Kirl
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The door is right there
You see the door It's your way out You've known it for a while now You've just been afraid Afraid of what? The unknown Everything that is...
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Only a few more steps
It's there It's right there Only a few more steps But with each step It seems to be getting further and further You walk faster You still...
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You heard them talking about her
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oh, how it was and it is
oh the pain the pain it never leaves you you're reminded every day why it's there it doesn't seem to want to let you go oh the pain the...
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It all hurts so much.
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Are you ready?
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What is pain?
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Oh the hurt.
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