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So I sat there,

Staring at what looks to be the most blankest page I've ever seen

The awkward moment when you have nothing to write about - know what I mean?

When your mind goes blank and your brain just farted

When the imagination of a lifetime all departed

The moments when your brain fails you the most are the moments when you need it

Because when your brain can see it, your heart can believe it

But when your mind goes blank, the page does too

And it won't change until you know what to do, cause only YOU can make a difference

Out of yourself and the world

Cause I'm trying to compare life to a piece of paper

What you have written on it is what you have in your path

It could be a short-term goal with a single paragraph

Or a long-term goal with a page and a half

But it doesn't matter because it's just a piece of paper

Let's make a book and take a look at what we could do to cook a mean story

And when I mean 'mean' in that line, I don't mean the emotional 'mean'

I meant the adjective that describes something could be - 'mean'

'Cause you could only wish you were as great as a page filled with structured details

If you're not working your way into your book, you're not working your way

Into your dreams

Everyone has a story that needs to be said

And when Shakespeare said "Life's a stage",

It means you have a role that needs to be read

And you know that you can't read it if you don't have one

So make one while you're still young, you don't need to wait until it's too late

Because waiting lasts forever and so does life, if you made it that way

Be late any other day, just not today, because I believe the only way

To get what you needed to say out of the way is to start today

Don't. Procrastinate.

Take out that pen, paper, pencil or eraser and write something on your blank page

Don't hurry! But don't take your time either

Because the faster you plan, a better chance for a future

Don't wait for someone to do it for you because that's called cheating

Don't take one from someone else because that's called stealing

Don't plagiarize, just realize that the blueprint is much more valuable than the copy

So do you see what I mean? Be legit, not counterfeit

Because if you're waiting for someone else to write YOUR script, for YOUR stage,

Then you'll be left with

One. Blank. Page.

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