Dear reader,
Things must be so different for us now. 5 years, huh? Well, time flew for me till now, I wonder if it did for you too. I’m not going to lie, I don’t know how to go with this thing about a letter to the future me, but yeah, here’s my go at it.
Firstly, you should know that I have faith in you. No matter how bad you’ve messed this up for us, or how greatly you’ve done, I really do, I don’t even know why. It’s not optimism, just trust that, you know, maybe you’ll change things if they aren’t going well and if they are going well, well then! I’ve done my job right somewhere!
I might be wrong, but I’ll risk it, we always will. Every version of us that has existed up till the point you are reading this letter, even the one just a day old, believes in you or atleast in the idea that you will change if need be. I believe in you and the fact that you will do what’s best for you, for us. Can’t have you ruining what I strive to build everyday, which is why, five years from now, I hope you still take care of us just as much or more than I do right now.
Yes, I have flaws, and no, I don’t work on all of them; but I know I do love us enough to look out for us. In every way possible. I hope you still do that. Because what even am I without you? Literally. A past version that doesn’t matter, that’s what! I can’t even bear to imagine that! That my entire existence and my beliefs and the person I am just don’t matter to you anymore? Please tell me that isn’t true! Take care of us, alright, you’d better! Or I’ll be haunting you for the rest of your life for not looking after us.
You know we’re the same person right? I mean, sure, there’s versions of us, but in the end, all us versions, past, present and future, happy, sad, and mad, are just here to make you feel and experience the world around us to its fullest, and maybe just enough to individually experience it ourselves- at some point or another. Don’t rob us and yourselves of that, not when to live is all we really want.
Aa, I’m sorry if this letter was too cautionary or pessimistic. Maybe you didn’t need this reminder at all, but honestly, I think I did. The you from five years ago. Because life is meant to be lived, and I feel I had forgotten that for a while there, and reminding you, it helped me realize the truth again. We’re going to make it together of course, every single version of us feeling, living, and maybe even achieving? Promise you won’t give up on me, because I promise I haven’t given up on you yet.
Love,
yourself
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Image source: https://kashmirobserver.net/2025/01/22/reviving-handwritten-letters/
Quote Affirmation
your past self believes in you, your future self is counting on you…
Related affirming/self help work!
Let me help you define what success is to you!: https://saragawde.com/what-is-success-to-you/
A poem about coping with change: https://saragawde.com/change-is-growth/