I saw yet another thing on Facebook from two years ago and I wrote a status about how life was hard and I didn't want to do it anymore. So I had an idea. Here it goes.
"Dear Lily in July 2014,
First and foremost, I love you. You're incredible and worthy of a wonderful life. The things you were dealing with sucked. It wasn't fair to you that bad thing after bad thing after bad thing happened to you. You of all people didn't deserve that. I wouldn't wish the things you've been through on my worst enemy. You went through a lot of crap and you're still going through a lot of crap.
But you know what? Those things are going to ever so slightly start to decrease. You're going to stop talking to that idiot who you thought liked you. That guy who said would never abandon you and then turn around and do that exact thing. You aren't going to be homeless. Taylor Swift is going to release her song Shake It Off and it's going to become your anthem. Just shake it off, Lily. Shake it off.
One of the biggest things that's going to change your life for the better is that you're going to start college classes again in late August. You're going to start school again and that's going to be the best thing for you. You need to go to school. And you need to go to work. Those are going to be the two things you'll need to keep going. And you know what? You do it. You do work and you do go to school. And you'll start to be happier. It won't be immediate, and you're still going to have bad days, but you're going to have far more good days than bad.
I promise you, it won't always be bad. I'm from July 2016. I promise you with my whole heart, you're going to be happier. In fact, you're going to be the happiest you've ever been. Later on in 2014, you're going to have your best friend Brooklyn live with you before she goes on her mission. You're going to live with your best friend, and who doesn't want that? Exactly. Living with your best friend is going to be the coolest experience for the both of you. Hannah will come over once in awhile and all you're going to do is play Mario Party on the Nintendo 64.
You're going to go to Australia, Lily. AUSTRALIA! Because you found your passport under your bed and wanted to take a trip. You're actually going to fall in love when you're there, but you don't know that yet. You're also going to take advantage of the drinking age and cry a lot. Get ready for that. But it all makes for a funny story afterwards. Like right now I'm laughing over it and texting Brooklyn "remember that guy who hit on me when I was drunk in Australia?". It's not funny to you now though, because it hasn't happened.
Like I said, you're going to fall in love. You're going to fall in love and not even know it, to be honest. It's going to take you a little bit to realize that, but you do. And it's going to add to your happiness. So Lily, don't give up. Life is worth living, no matter how bad you feel right now. It won't always be this way. It's going to get better, and you from the future is a perfect example of that. You aren't homeless anymore. You're going to law school in about a month. You live in Salt Lake City. You have a dog. You have a hedgehog.
You have happiness. And you are so loved. You're so loved, I don't even know how loved I am. Funny how things like that work.
But you're happy and you're thriving. Don't ever give up.
Love, Lily from July 2016."
Best idea I've had today.
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