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I Would Rather Be A Commma Than A Full Stop
“I would rather be a comma than a full stop”, Coldplay certainly understands what it means to never give up and to carry on. Magic happens when you choose to carry on and don’t give up. I have had many situations in my life that taught me that giving up is never your best option.
You cannot have a rainbow without rain and in the same way you cannot be truly successful and content in life without some difficulty along the way. I have achieved many things that I am proud of, but no one really knows what I went through to get to that point. I battled many storms and many times I have thought that it would be so much easier if I just gave up, but then I remembered that it is better to be a comma than a full stop; to carry on my battle and see where the line takes me rather than ending it right there and wondering “what if” for the rest of my life.
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When my mom was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, she fought it as well as Lupus, but when she was diagnosed with motor neuron disease she really started to ponder giving up. She did not, she realised how important it was to live the rest of her life to the fullest regardless of the time cut she got to spend living it. My mom did not just end it right there, she paused for a while and then carried on. She battles these illnesses and so many other things daily and continues to just pause, breathe and carry on. So, how could I be a full stop when I have the perfect example of a comma right in front of

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