Whenever there's an argument between your heart and your mind, follow your heart. There are things that the heart can understand and feel, that the mind cannot relate to. There are things that you know, that you feel in your heart of hearts, that's not logical. She had a vision of herself, even as a dreamer. And she dreamt in the richest of colors, she woke exhausted from the adventures in her head. And instead of singing in the shower, she would write the lyrics on her wrist and have the ink drip down her body. She soaked herself in the world around her - the beauty, the culture, the words and the songs. "And there is so much left in the world to be", she though. She was willing today to do the things that others wouldn't do, to have the things that others didn't have. When you follow the heart, anything is possible. She refused to die, an unlived life.

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