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ALL THAT GLITTERS All that glitters is not gold--sometimes, it doesn't even shine! Long ago, I took a job with better pay, to have a better life. But my actual reality was that I traded my happiness for an illusion--the illusion of better. I missed the part that BEST was where. I already was; best was what I lost, all for something that I thouught would shine!
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