Last night, I couldn't fall asleep right away, as I normally do...so I opened my night stand's drawer to see if I could find something interesting...and I did :)I found a folder filled with articles, print outs, hand written notes, quotes, personality test results, etc etc etc...and I smiled...this folder represents the soul searching process that I was living 2 years ago until not too long. I browsed through it all and read some interesting things. One of them, though, stood out. On a restaurant post card, I'd written: "WHAT I KNOW NOW...(letters to my younger self)".
I wrote this quote while wandering around the streets of Boston last year. Waiting for my brother to pick me up, I went into a bookstore and found so many books that I wanted to buy! I love bookstores ;) I decided to get a book on HOW TO MAKE BOOKS - jaja - beautifully crafted and sort of pricey, so I could just get this one book. But as I walked out of the store, I bumped into a book that read the words that grabbed my heart. I wanted to buy the book, but I could spend no more. So, I wrote the captivating words on a postcard I had in hand.
http://www.letterstomyyoungerself.com/books/if-id-known-then.html
"If you could send a letter back in time to your younger self, what would it say? Following in the tradition of the bestselling compendium What I Know Now™ comes a new collection that will speak directly to young women. Editor Ellyn Spragins asked women under forty to write letters to the girls they once were, filled with the advice and wisdom they wish they’d possessed when they were younger."
Coincidentaly today, my little brother sent me a text message saying: "Look for the song LETTER TO ME by Brad Paisley...it's country music, but give it a chance, it's a really good song. Pay attention to the lyrics, especially the PS part, which I wish I had the chance to tell myself". The title of the song grabbed my heart as the title of that book in Boston did. I searched for the song on youtube.com and found this video:
Wow...what a song! And it has exactly all to do with the book! And I started wondering...What would I tell MY younger self this day? I am 25 years old today, and I think I would love to talk to my 14 year old self...there's so much she needed to know. But hey, that is LIFE; a process of growing up, learning through experience and self discovery. As much as I would've liked to know more in order for things to have turned out differently today, that would not make much sense, or would it? We wouldn't be living...no free will...just predesigned, soul-less robots.
I should just love and make peace with my younger self...and be happy for who I am TODAY, what I've BECOME, and what I know NOW.
1 comment:
Hey, I think you're missing the point with this... the point isn't to change who you become... the point is to give your younger self words that will make her(you?) feel better and optimistic in certain situations or console her(you?) during these difficult teenage years... You know like, "i know this seems like the end of the world to you, but everything turns out ok"... trying to say something that would change who you are today, can be catastrophic and change things for the worse... haven't you seen the Back to the Future movies?! lol... Oh yeah! You misquoted me! That doesn't sound like me... this is what I wrote: "Listen to the song Letter To Me by Brad Paisley... I know its country, but give it a chance... Its a pretty cool concept... Pay attention to the lyrics, specially the "P.S."... I would say the same thing to myself, if i had the chance." Thank you. :)
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