Sunday, August 28, 2016

A Letter To My Younger Self:



You know how you feel now – so isolated and alone? Wishing someone/anyone would see you/hear you/recognize that you have value? That’s how it is, sweetie. You’re going to be feeling that for the rest of your life. Get used to it.
And you know how you’re always chasing boys around the playground? Writing their names on your notebook…sometimes making up a name, just so people will think you have a boyfriend? How the ones you like always let you know they have a crush on someone else? That’s pretty much the way it is.
And then, there’s school. You never manage to get your work done on time. Everyone thinks you’re smart, but you’re really just scraping by. Too bad. You’re going to take those lousy habits with you throughout your life and it’s really going to fuck you up. I don’t know what to tell you about that.
You think you’re kind of funny looking now? Well, you are. You won’t change much. You’ll never grow out of the “interesting” stage. No one is going to be coming after you for you looks, let’s put it that way.
And friends. You never managed to figure out how to make it into the “in” crowd, and you won’t. You think you feel isolated now? Just wait a few decades.The good news is that trade off will be gaining depth and independence.
So what can I tell you?
Don’t try to please anyone else. Just start putting away your pennies, and putting cream on your face now. You’re not going to like what happens when you don’t.
Don’t bother looking for love. It'll find you, you’ll be one of the lucky ones.

Enjoy what you’ve got now.
You'll look back fondly at your now.


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