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            <title><![CDATA[Just To Show Off]]></title>
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            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sit down,<br>I’ll tell you about the madness<br>that society treats as normal.</p><p>They run, run, and run.</p><p>And they say it’s in search of a better life — but to what end?</p><p>Just to show off.</p><p>Their search for a better life is purely performative.</p><p>They are trapped in a performative lifestyle, where the appearance of success matters more than success itself.</p><p>They haven’t understood that “Make it” isn’t about the money,<br>“Make it” isn’t about the fame,<br>It’s not about the status,<br>Or the glory of a name.</p><p>“Make it” is simply learning to live.</p><p>Life is a dance with the light of the spirit, not a march to please pride.</p><p>They vow to toil for a better life, for kin and family tree,<br>Yet they are shadows in their homes, whom no one gets to see.<br>They build a mountain made of gold, but none of memory.</p><p>just to show off!</p><p>…and every Sunday they get together for brunch just to fake a family unity that’s long gone.</p><p>Just to show off!</p><p>So here is my advice: learn to truly live.</p><p>To be alive is more than breathing,<br>it’s to feel the pulse of life;</p><p>it’s to laugh and cry, to leave and arrive.<br>living is dreaming<br>Living is loving</p><p>And remember: Living is answering the heart’s deep whisper, not the cries of pride.</p><p>Following pride is the hollow chase.</p><p>And your dreams need no scripts or logic.</p><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=1347e91561cc" width="1" height="1" alt="">]]></content:encoded>
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