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Due to my family's devotion in Christ who would often follow and perform religious practices, I was influenced to reflect and devote time to communicate with Christ as if he's my friend who I can be vocal with my experiences or perceptions towards certain issues.

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I am grateful for the things that God has blessed me and with these I learn to practice the virtue of generosity in order to promote unity among our society. I appreciate the little things that I am provided with basic necessities such as clothes, food or the shelter that I live in.

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Due to the realizations that I have contemplated during the pandemic, I have learned to love myself - to truly embrace my imperfections and what I am grateful for what I have achieved in life as of now.

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Last year, I was able to attend the my first ever Pride March in Marikina and I felt the safe space for my community celebrating what our truths are and not feeling inferior to humanity. No matter how society degrades us, seeing how our community continues to combat the struggles and hardships that we suffer from and the rights that we truly deserve is indeed fulfilling. It has fostered acceptance and respect for the minorities who have a difficult time in embracing who they truly are and discovering what their SOGIE is.

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During March, before the pandemic has started, our class had our retreat which brought us closer with each other because we discovered various experiences from our classmates which made me more attached to them. Provided that my class has been with each other for the past 3 years, it was just that time that we opened up about the struggles that we endure from and voice out what we want to say to each other. Whenever someone aprises us with their personal stories, tears would pour out from my eyes because I was touched and I have understand more of my classmates.

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John Robert Powers is a summer camp wherein they teach their students to boost their confidence and perceive things in a positive way. They have educated me to accept my flaws and from it, I am taking advantage of it as a motivation to improve myself more. We had a show in RCBC plaza where we would showcase our talents and modelling skills to be scouted by agencies.

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I would want to focus on my mental health especially in these struggling times of a pandemic because we have been stuck inside the premises of our household which leads me to overthink about certain issues or decisions that I have made in the past.

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I believe that I have pressured myself to achieve exemplary from all the subjects that we are enduring from, howbeit I need to focus first on ensuring that my mental health is stable. I have battled the pressure coming from my loved ones through finding my inner peace first and being positive.

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I hope for myself that I wouldn't be always achieving the ideal person who society wants me to portray, however, I am striving and thriving hard in order to be successful in all of my endeavors and doing i

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I am grateful for my family who supports me throughout my journey ever since I was a child because they would always be at my side comforting me whenever I experience problems. Without my family, I wouldn't be studying at Ateneo or achieving my goals that I want to obtain in my life.

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With the support of my friends, they aid me to motivate myself in accepting opportunities that I receive. They have became my safe space outside my household because they would be my side whenever I vent out my problems to them. In Ateneo, as minorities, we have built a support system wherein we empathize with the hardships one encounters.

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Being with my class for the past 3 years has educated me to learn to be flexible with the different personalities that we have. During the first years of our stay with each other as a class, we were divided by our friend groups that hindered us from having genuine relationships with classmates we weren't really close with. Huli na naging close kami sapagkat mas marami kaming natutunan sa isa't isa noong nasa baitang 10 kami.

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This friend group of mine inside our class has taught me not to just focus on academics but also having a social life that would aid me in enhancing my social skills. Kapag maraming pinapagawa sa amin noon, dinadamayan at tinutulungan namin ang isa't isa na matapos ang aming gawain. Hindi magiging enjoyable ang aking stay sa junior high school kung wala sila sa aking paligid dahil marami kaming memories na nagawa noong kami'y nasa loob ng classroom.

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As a proud member of the LGBTQ+ community, I believe that God accepts and loves everyone he has created. I feel that God perceives me as someone who is confidently living and striving to achieve his dreams. I have chosen this image because although I am still young, Im able to confidently express what my truth is. This influences other young members to not be afraid in revealing their true colors and that there is a safe space in our community that fosters acceptance and respect for individuals. With the hardships our community has battled, we should be united and not be weakened by the society that thinks less of us.