I’m so proud of you. Look at you. You’re in college, your grades are good, you’re keeping things together (for the most part). For the first time since your sophomore year of high school, you started to put yourself first again. You did something that made you happy. You followed your heart, no matter how much your brain was telling you not to. Hell, you’re writing a letter about all the things going right in your life instead of all the things wrong for once. You’ve come so damn far.
A year ago, I never could have imagined that you would be where you are today. You have amazing people in your life, and everyday is filled with love and laughter. You’ve become everything I always wanted for you. You’re still that person that people can rely on, but at the same time you can rely on yourself, and that’s a huge accomplishment.
College has been so good for you. You’ve really found yourself. You’ve found people that embrace every aspect of who you are, who push your limits, who question your every move, and you couldn’t be happier. Not to mention, your old relationships are stronger than ever before. You finally realized that it takes effort to keep healthy relationships, and you will do everything in your power to maintain the ones that are important to you.
You’re apart of something that you love. If you had tried to tell me that you would willingly be staying up till 2 a.m. to work on a newspaper, I would’ve said you were crazy (I haven’t completely decided that you aren’t yet), but seeing your pictures every week in the newspaper is honestly just really cool. It’s cool to be acknowledged for something that you love to do, and to be around an insane group of people who should be so proud about the work they are doing.
You’re striving towards something that will change your life. Sitting in class every day can be a drag, but you know that in the long run it will all be worth it, because for the rest of your life you’ll be working to help kids, which has always been your one true love.
It’s weird writing this. A few months ago if I had read something like this I would’ve said to myself, “Oh my god, that person is so conceited” but I have never felt more like myself, and I think it’s time we get rid of the notion that we can’t celebrate ourselves without being looked at as egotistical.
I think all of us could benefit from a little more self-love in our lives, and believe me, I know how difficult it is to think about every little thing that is going wrong in your life and to sit there and think about how much you hate yourself, but I promise that things get better. I promise that one day you’ll realize how much time you wasted on negative emotions. Life is 10 times better once you take the time to focus on yourself and just finally let yourself be happy.
