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A very wise women named Eleanor Roosevelt once said, “ You must do the thing that you think you can’t do”. It reminded me of the time that I faced my fears when I went cliff jumping. But it wasn’t that easy to face my fears it took multiple pep talks from my family and friends. So I gathered all of my courage and jumped off that cliff with no regrets. After that experience I came out a new man.

As I walked the cliff I can feel my hairs on my hand go up. Every step I took I felt the jagged rocks that felt like pins going into my feet. When we finally went up there I felt my legs caving in and my mind telling me to go back. The thing that gave me the courage to do it was when I saw all my family ecstatic to do it. As I jumped I felt like I

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