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Follow these tips to brighten your morning!

1. Stretch. It’s a wonderful way to loosen your joints and increase flexibility. It will also get rid of any knots in your muscles from sleeping! You can try yoga or meditation, too.
   
   
2. Take a shower. Showers wake you up and will leave you feeling fresh and ready for the day!
   
   
3. Make your bed. You’ll be less likely to get back in and it will make you feel productive!
   
   
4. Eat a healthy breakfast. It’s the most important meal of the day, so give your body the calories and nutrients it needs!
   
   
5. Turn on some music. It’ll leave you feeling happy, relaxed, and ready for the day!
   
   
6. Wear something cute. You’ll be feeling confident and comfortable all day long! To save time, prepare your outfit the night before.
   
   
7. Read an inspirational quote. Find one that motivates you!
   
   
8. Wake up early. Give yourself plenty of time to get ready in the morning. If you’re less rushed, you’ll be in a better mood for the rest of the day.
   
   
9. Drink a tall glass of water. It’ll get you hydrated and feeling good!
   
   
10. Make a list of things you want to accomplish. Reward yourself at the end of the day if you complete all of your tasks. A list will help keep you focused and satisfied when you can check everything off!

When I started my senior year of high school, anybody you asked would’ve said I was happy.  I had just become section leader in my band, I was dating somebody I was (seemingly) very happy with, I was about to graduate with a 3.93 GPA.  I had it all.  If you’ve asked me at the time, I probably would’ve admitted to being happy.  But looking back on it now, I was absolutely miserable.  Steven (name changed for privacy) was the best thing that had ever happened to me, so I thought.  He didn’t seem to agree so much and in a fit of desperation ended up dumping me over Myspace.  That was the beginning of my spiral into depression.  

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I grew up with my mum, dad and little brother in a small town in Denmark. My dad has suffered from depression since forever, and I’ve suffered with him. I was verbally abused since I can remember, I was the fat little kid who always got bullied, the girl who became it with the wall over the years, the girl who was easy to abuse and wrap around your fingers. The only light in my life at that point, was my beloved grandfather, but sadly he died of cancer when I was 8. And from all the sadness, anger and stress I’ve build up since I was 5, one night when I was 12, I took a pair of scissors and opened my arms. It was not a one time situation. I’ve now been in the hell of self harming for 6 years. I’ve been to countless psychologists, doctors and people who thought they could help me. I have an on/off depression and I’m still under testing for bipolar disorder. But no diagnose would help me anyways. I lost all my friends over the years, they didn’t understand, they got scared. My first boyfriend abused me, and I only got more and more reasons to cut my skin open and scar myself.  

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I was born in St. Louis Missouri.  In my childhood I lived in public housing with my mom and dad and 3 brothers.  We didn’t have much.  I couldn’t even walk down the street to play at the park cause of how bad of a drug scene it was.  Things got worse after I hit 13 I was molested by a family friend.  And my father was ill he was 63 and dieing slowly.  I reached out to him when he was in the hospital.  And that day he took his last breath and died right in front of me.  Then after high school my brother started using cocaine and painkillers because of depression.  5 months later I found him dead in my bathroom.  And after my brother died, things got much much worse. My mother was diagnosed with breast cancer.  She died just recently.

How do I cope with my family dieing and taking a trip to heaven?  I just listen to Michael Jackson.  He gives me laughter and joy and most important he makes me feel like I belong.

Clarence, St. Louis Missouri, 23 years old.

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A picture is worth a thousand words.

We need more people like him in this world.

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This is so beautiful!! I am so in making this world a better place!! I love helping, giving and sharing. Michael was and still is such an inspiration In my life.. Let’s continue with the Legacy!!

Submission from Virginia Rainer.