Lucas Baker

-1. Repeat a persons name if you wish to remember it. I suggest three times in the course of your first conversation as a rule of thumb. -2. Pay attention to the other person. Look at their eyes, their face, or give more attention to what they’re saying. This will hopefully make you less self conscious. -3. Get Angry; don’t be afraid to defend yourself. You’ve a right to it. I don’t think one can truly feel comfortable or safe until he knows that if someone wants to mess with him he can tell that a$&h$@l to shove off.

You have friends and family who care for you and will love you. There is a person out there who cares for you and wants you to succeed. That person is God. You are alive. Metrics - https://www.vox.com/2014/11/24/7272929/global-poverty-health-crime-literacy-good-news a huge decline in the share of the world population living on less than $1.90 a day, from nearly 35 percent in 1987 to under 11 percent in 2013. Child Mortality is down. The Under age five mortality rate has fallen by more than half since 1990 (as of 2017). Hunger is down across the globe https://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/id/131422 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. (Jeremiah 29:11). Romans 15:13 describes God as a “God of Hope.” Psalm 37:23-24 The steps of a man are established by the Lord, when he delights in his way; though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong, for the Lord upholds his hand. Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.. - Helen Keller. God Loves You and He Wills Your Good (1 John 4:9-10). 9 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. 10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins I was very depressed. Now I’m happy.

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