There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love. When we are afraid, we pull back from life. When we are in love, we open to all that life has to offer with passion, excitement, and acceptance. we need to learn to love ourselves first, in all our glory and our imperfections. If we cannot love ourselves, we cannot fully open to our ability to love others or our potential to create. Evolution and all hope or a better world rest in the fearlessness and open-hearted vision of people who embrace life.
Often when I find letters that past-me wrote, I turn them out as one might an embarrassing old journal where one simply talks about boys and how sad one is. (How awkward!) To tell the truth though I keep those things, humiliating as they are, for posterity. Even if it's crap, it's my crap, and the least one can do is grow and learn and never be a sad person again.
This letter I found is a good letter, written by a good person. I like who I was in that moment, and the resolve I possessed and the hope I had for the future. I don't want to disappoint past-me when she was so optimistic, so I keep this letter to remind myself to be better, and to live up to my own expectations.
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