A letter to my childhood self A retrospective

A letter to my childhood self
A retrospective
Hey you,
How are you feeling? I know you've seen some hard times, but you excel in appreciating the good times. You're the best at see the good in people and the better possibilities.

You have more hope and thoughtfulness than most of the people around you. I can tell you why people do the things that they do. It's because they use to know better, but they don't anymore. A lot of people use to be like you but they grew out of it.

They grew out of seeing the best in anything, including themselves. As life goes on people go through different things and everyone develops a different meaning of survival. They also develop a different reality from the bubble that was formed around them than they were little to the bubble that they make for themselves as they go through life with less control from their families or whomever cared for them.

It really doesn't matter how you're doing in school in the long run. The school system we use is over 150 years old, and it's the only format that we still use that is that old. Don't worry about conforming to an outdated system. You'll do just fine in life the way you are.

People are going to try to take away your hope and determination, but you can't let them. Always do what you feel is right. Don't standing up for others, and being yourself. Even when being yourself is hard and you wish you could be someone else, continue to be yourself. I can assure you that it's worth it.

And, don't worry about going on to "great things" because what that means for you is different from what that means to other people. Your "great thing" is already within you. Don't be ashamed of it or hide it.


Others have limited their own "great thing" but don't limit yours. People will try to put limits on you, but you will break them. You will not be stopped. The only person allowed to limit you is yourself.

The pick on you because they think it will make you tough. They pick on you because they don't understand sadness. You think they understand because they cry, but they don't understand your sadness.

There's a big bright world out there were people mistreat other, and sometimes they will mistreat you. You may also mistreat others, for whatever reason. Forgive others and forgive yourself. Don't forget. Learn from others and yourself. Don't let it happen again as if you didn't learn from it.

I know you don't have any good examples of what "forgiveness" is, but you'll meet more people and get better examples later.

Enjoy yourself.