"Dear A..."

 

Dear, Please look out of the window. You will see traces of beginnings, and perhaps you will find something that brings you relief; a reminder that you have lost nothing that was truly meant for you. Sometimes, the absence of one thing makes us question the presence of many others and, in doing so, diminishes our appreciation of life's blessings.

The same Robert Frost, who once inspired you in school to look beyond the window, shared a truth that feels universal: "In three words, I can sum up everything I've learned about life: It goes on."

Some days, you will be reminded of things that hurt you. Some days, you will laugh at your own embarrassing moments. Some days, you will feel wise, and on others, you will wonder how you ever entertained certain thoughts. If you look back at your younger self, the one who longed for certain things, and compare those desires with all that you possess today, you may realise that life continues to unfold in ways you never expected. Regardless of what happens, life goes on.

How heavy our hearts can become. How many tears we shed, only to find ourselves smiling one day again. As human beings, we are destined to experience every shade of emotion. At first, we blame others for the pain they cause us. Later, we learn that they were merely the medium through which life taught us its lessons. There is little value in revenge, nor in forcing others to understand the depth of the wounds they left behind. Life has a way of remembering what people forget. We imagine ourselves walking in a straight line, yet life often moves in circles. What we give, receive, lose, and learn eventually returns to us in one form or another. Remember, the knives will be strangers, but the hands holding them will be familiar.

Dear, the heart is meant to be broken. Funnily enough, if it never were, how would we ever discover how deeply we are capable of feeling? 

Life goes on, and so do we.

~A