Prologue
Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” That quote
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Chapter 1 is where it all starts. Life doesn’t ease you in. It comes fast. And when you’re young, you don’t have
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Chapter 2 is about being marked. Have you ever just felt different? Not because you were trying to be. Not because you wanted attention. But
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Chapter 3 is raw. It’s about being a teenager — and how we forget just how heavy those years really are. You’re standing in
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Chapter 4 is where I stepped in thinking I knew exactly who I was. Operation Barnabas is a summer ministry for high school juniors and
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Chapter 5 hits different. When you go to college, you go in believing you’re stepping into the beginning of your forever. You pick a
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