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Set Back


I've always wondered why I have yet to go anywhere in life.

and why I feel myself in the same position time after time.

but I finally realized that I'm the only one holding myself back.

Whenever I feel like I'm not good enough I always step back.

When am I going to accept that

I'm the only one who is holding me back.

Many opportunities pass me by and I let them go.

Then I sit back with my shoulda, coulda, wouldas when I actually could have known

what it would have been like if I had of chased my dream.

Sometimes I think about all the things I could have seen

and all the things I could have done.

Sometimes I think about all the achievements I could have won.

Life's no fun when you're only dreaming.

Now I know that I am going to have to wake up if I want to start achieving.

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