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External Validation Over Self-Assurance

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Dale Lykins
Jan 12, 2022
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When I was a kid, I tried to fade into the background.

I was teased at school. I didn’t fit in. The boys called me a fag. Paper wads came flying at me from behind. Notes taped to my back. Ears flicked. The usual.

Once in junior high, I started cursing like the other boys in gym class, only to be teased about how I said it. Damned if I did. Damned if I did…

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