My birthday was just this past Monday, and as I became another year older, I started to reflect on my life up to this point. As a child, I was pretty Melancholy, and as a teenager, I was very anxiety ridden. This is not all to say I haven't had a beautiful life, because I have. This is just me hoping and praying that my 20's offer some kind of enlightenment that I haven't yet found. That being said, if there was a time machine to send a letter back in time to a younger me I would use it. Although me being the skeptical person that I am, if I were to receive a message from myself saying it was from the future, odds are I wouldn't believe it. So, maybe I would have to jump through the time machine to, that way she (the younger me) would actually heed my advice. But, if past Hunter was actually to believe the letter this is what I would say to her: Dear Hunter of the Past, The year now is 2019, and I just turned 20 years old. Up until now, we have lived through a lot. It has affected us a great deal and continues to shape who we are and how we act. It has made us more resilient and hardworking than people give us credit for. We use that determinative drive to do things we love. Like blogging, writing, and helping others wherever we can. Most of all it has given us an intense definition of what is right and what is wrong. Which makes us a little judgmental I'm not gonna lie. However, our strong moral compass always leads us back to the land of level headed, kind heartedness, even if you feel a little lost. As you grow up, your opinions, thoughts, and feelings will change, and that is 100% okay. If you never changed that would be cause for concern. But, I'm not concerned about you, because I know exactly who you will grow up to be. Trust me, when you meet her, you will look back the same way I am now and be amazed at the things you've accomplished. Looking back all I see is our life in this intense feeling of fast forward motion. Everything happened so fast even if in the moment it felt like we were taking an eternity to grow up. One thing I can say for sure looking both back and forward at our life is that we really need to learn to accept things as they are and stop blaming the world for the hands we are dealt. If you could discover that, whenever it is that you are reading this, that would really help me now. As it stands, above all of the things I wish to tell you Younger Me, is not to let other people decide who you should be or who you are. It is so easy to listen to the hateful words of others and let them into your heart, but you are stronger than that. You have a heart that can change the world, but remember when the whole world feels like a challenge you can change one single person whole lot easier than you might realize. With one kind word, one small action or gesture because not everything has to be as trivial as we make it. Twenty years in and I by no means have it all figured out, but I do think I've learned a few things that are important to share. The thing is, I know what you think and how you feel Younger Me. I know most of what I've told you here you already know. You just need to learn to listen to that voice inside your head Younger Me because I would steer you wrong. Fight through the anxiety and fight through the fear and know that you will be okay. You will survive because Younger Me, you have a purpose. XOXO, Hunter of 2019
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Hunter FergusonHolding her Associates of Arts in Political Science, Implementing Beneficial Community Project, and having Led a Student Collaboration team at her college of attendance- Hunter chooses to blog about the world around her as well as her personal experiences in hopes of creating a Powerful group of like-minded people. Archives
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