When you put others before yourself, and you’d do anything for them.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 February 2017 source ↗
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Relief. (Not like that.)
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It feels like all is possible.
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Overthinking about the future.
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In dreams, but that’s about it.
Picking up dog poop at home: my sister and I used to take turns.
I just felt like it would be a little bit better to take a back seat, work on my mindfulness. And I knew that the girls would do an absolutely great job and I didn't want to risk the team a medal for kind of my screw ups because they've worked way too hard for that. So I just decided that those girls need to go in and do the rest of the competition.
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