WHO ARE YOU ACTUALLY COMPARING TO?

When you were a kid, I bet you looked up to someone? โฃ
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๐˜ˆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ณ? โฃ
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๐˜ˆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ?โฃ
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๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ? โฃ
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Back before โ€˜photoshopโ€™ daysโฃ
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You could be pretty confident your hero โฃ
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Was the product of hard work and sweat โฃ
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Yet these days, you canโ€™t have that same surety โฃ
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To demo this, โฃ
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๐ˆ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ‘ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐š ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ โฃ
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๐‚๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐š๐ง๐œ๐žโฃ
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The left is the actual photo (๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต)โฃ
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The right is the fake! โฃ
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With a few taps and slides on my phone, โฃ
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๐˜”๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ป๐˜บ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ, โฃ
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๐˜”๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ตโฃ
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๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ. โฃ
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Instant fake overhaul!โฃ
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๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ตโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ? โฃ
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๐Ÿ โ€“ ๐˜๐Ž๐” ๐š๐ง๐ ๐˜๐Ž๐”๐‘ ๐‡๐„๐€๐‹๐“๐‡โฃ
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I think what stops a lot of people from getting started on their own journeyโฃ
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Is seeing these fake images and being intimidated by itโฃ
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โ€œ๐˜ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ตโ€ (as if that was the goal, anyway?)โฃ
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๐Ÿ โ€“ ๐˜๐Ž๐”๐‘ ๐Š๐ˆ๐ƒ๐’ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐“๐‡๐„๐ˆ๐‘ ๐Œ๐„๐๐“๐€๐‹ ๐‡๐„๐€๐‹๐“๐‡โฃ
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I worry about sons and daughters growing up in photoshop worldโฃ
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Thereโ€™s no way to know whether itโ€™s real or fake,โฃ
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And trying to explain this to a kid thatโ€™s infatuated with that personโ€ฆ โฃ
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Can we really cut through? โฃ
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๐ˆ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ,โฃ
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Because I want to be someone that inspires others, โฃ
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That is a role model for my clientsโฃ
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Because I do the workโฃ
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That people can be certain is 100%, authentically myself,โฃ
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Even if you donโ€™t like me. โฃ
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Iโ€™m doing my best to help educate โฃ
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On how to take control of your health and mindset, โฃ
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๐˜–๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บโ€ฆโฃ
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๐˜š๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜บโ€ฆโฃ
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So that itโ€™s less about comparison, โฃ
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And more about inspirationโฃ
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Love Jase x

Jason StuartComment