Dear Younger Self...💝
I really wish I could hold your hands, especially on that very day you were trembling all over, that day you thought was the end for you. I know how scared, confused and angry you were at how unfair this world seems to be. You never know the pain won't last forever and that it was just a phase that will pass, a phase meant to shape you and make you more stronger. I really wish I could tell you that that same body you thought had failed you would one day become a vessel of strength. That sickness, silence and loneliness is something you will definitely survive. And one day, it will all dawn in on you that your survival wasn't an accident, it was purpose.
Also, I need to tell you that you still have a lot to learn as you grow up. You will learn how that love isn't as simple as books, movies and stories made it sound/look. Not as if it won't come, but it won't always stay. There are some people you love so deeply that would walk away, some would leave without warning, some would just drift off and you will try your best to hold onto them, but then, they would be long gone. And believe me, it will hurt you in ways you won't be able to explain. Still, I need you to know that a love that leaves has only made and cleared way and space for that which is ready to stay. Love goes beyond romance, love is in friendship, kindness, generosity and the likes. Don't worry, a day is coming when you will find love in it's truest form....love in peace.
Along the line, you will also learn that life isn't a straight path. There are some of your plans that will change. Don't even think you will become everything you dreamed of immediately. You will definitely have various turns/detours. And all of those turns will teach you something. Along the line, you will meet those that will help you grow, you will also meet those that will hurt and betray you. Both is what will shape you, and then you will discover that success is never a destination, but growth, and that failure is never the end, it is more of a redirection.
Also you will get to a point where you will find out that money ain't freedom. To really experience freedom, you need to be able to have a clear mind, sleep peacefully, give out without fear and be able to really live life with pretending. Until then, you will realize that peace is a currency and it is wealthier and richer than any. You will also realize that contentment isn't settlement, it just means you've learned to be appreciative.
Faith will remain your anchor. The truth is, you will drift and lose your way, there are times you will even want to question a whole lot of things, but then, mercy will say no, and somehow grace will pull you back. You will see for yourself that there are times God won't answer you with a yes, there are times you won't even hear anything. But then, He's there protecting and guiding you.
You will cry, pray, fall, heal, rise again and then grow into someone you once prayed to really meet. You will also laugh, get betrayed, smile, travel, be lonely and help others. A time is coming when you will begin to find meaning and joy in small things, then you will stop rushing and really start to live.
So, dear Younger me, just take a deep breath, no need to rush things, take it one step at a time, you don't have to grasp/understand it all now. The storms will definitely come, but they will pass, the pain will definitely hurt, but it has only come to reach. And one day, you will find yourself looking into the mirror and smiling, because long last, you've finally became who you were always meant to be.
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Faith indeed is our anchor.. I believe your younger self will be happy reading this, you are an overcomer
You can say that again 🕺🕺..
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Good advice to younger self, when you fall rise again because failure is part of life.
Exactly...
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