Letter to my older self

Dear future Me,

I wish you joy and a sense of aliveness every morning. I hope you have figured out how to
be joyful even when there isn't a good reason. As I currently endeavor to get through this
horror and even learn lessons for you, I hope you talk about your difficult days. I wish you
had a healthy sense of balance. I wish our parents were pleased with you. I sincerely hope
you take better care of yourself than I do.
I wish you were here to reassure me that everything will be more than okay. I hope that
when you reflect back on this time in our lives, you will conclude that all of the worry was
worthwhile in order to experience true happiness. Please understand that I want you to be
different from the person I am right now and not what they expect you to be. When you're
feeling down, I only want you to turn around and look at me once. I want to see the same
driven Aira you were at every stage of life—the same girl who was constantly there for
everyone.
Please be aware that no one I met is currently with you; they were meant to be with me and
did not make any promises to do so.
See the same goal that I am focusing on today, but from a different perspective. I hope you
can control your mood swings now. I understand that you still find it difficult to properly
express yourself.
I have tears in my eyes as I write this to you because we both deserve the most love that is
humanly imaginable. Your past will not determine who you become in the future. Don't let it
interfere with your present.Enjoy every second while maintaining your faith. You can handle
this. We can handle this.

Just keep in mind what you love. I want to recognize you, but not in the same way that I feel
when I turn back to face the mirror. I'm sure you'll make a mistake. Just be careful not to
crumble under the burden of your former self, i.e., I regret anything that I did to you.

I am confident that you will succeed at your own pace as the victor of your own race, but
don't win for glory or notoriety. I'll see you soon. Smiling. joyfully savoring. You too will be
crying, I promise. You'll surpass my expectations then, but don't lose sight of the fact that
I'm where it all began for you and the source of your inner voice.

I'm looking forward to being YOU.

Thank you, with tons of love.

Yours,

Little self.