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today i learned a valuable lesson. its that we really are never alone. i spoke to 160 teens at a group seminar and it totally opened my eyes. we tend to think that keeping in what hurts the most is what will make others truly happy. we all walk around acting fake, afraid of being alone, but the reality is that we are never alone. there is always a new person waiting to walk into your life. we focus so much on other peoples thoughts, views, feelings about our image that we forget to be who we really are. people think that putting on a front keeps others at ease, but we tend to lose ourselves in it all. sure, we're happy that we have people around us to call friends. but there's a bigger picture. having all of these so called "friends" ends up making us unhappy. it seems like a bitter sweet cycle but in the end you lose yourself.