Friday, November 4, 2016

To, My Future Daughter

November 4, 2016

Dearest Sunshine,

The apple of my eye, my future daughter. I am writing to you well in advance, because some day when you come to this world I will be very busy admiring the beautiful person, that is of course you. Then I will not have the ability to be sensible to be able to tell you the things I would want to tell you. So I am penning it down today.

I don’t know what I am going to name you, but the adjectives that I will use for you are going to be endless. That’s the love you will bring out in me. Remember sweetheart life is a string of beads; each bead signifies the lesson that you will have to learn or at least experience. Nobody said it’s all going to be easy and a walk in the park for you, but remember there is not impossible in this world. Your life should always have goals. Goals will define you as a person; a life without goals is like a car without its driver, directionless. It is very important that you be truthful to yourself and to your dreams. Dreams are the purest form of you.  Your goals, dreams and aspiration are your armor and your shield, protect your dreams and make them come true. Be true to yourself and to the people you love, because that’s the only feeling of satisfaction you will want to experience in your life, rest everything else is materialistic.

Love!! Love will happen to you and will come your way, when it has to. You don’t have to wait for it, in bars, pubs or hotel rooms. It will happen to you in the most unexpected places, so my dear first take care of yourself because you cannot pour from an empty pot. The feeling and joy of being loved cannot be expressed in words. And when that feeling hits you, it doesn’t give you time to balance yourself, you fall, but the truth is you should always rise in love and not fall. Don’t let love hit you hard in the lungs and the take your breath away, let love be like the ocean, vast and unending.

Darling people will walk in and out of your life, don’t hold on too tight to them. Give them the love, the freedom, the space you would expect them to give you. Help them find their wings and when they say they are ready to fly, let them, tell them to sore so high that the sky should be the limit for them. Nothing is permanent; change is the only permanent you shall experience in your life. People change, places change and situations change. Remember to let go like autumn, it teaches how beautiful it is to let go.

Emotions, people say have no logic, I say; good they have no logic, because how can feelings have logic? Saying this I also want to say, your emotions should be your strength and not your weakness. Channelize your emotions to suit your better needs and not that of the million others who will surround you. So whether its anger, passion, love, hate whatever you must feel, know them that they are a part of you. Feel free to express, but remember there will be consequences, if you are ready to face the repercussion of your actions, then let your emotions flow like the river would flow into the sea.

Last but not the least stay focused. Define your purpose in life. Having a purpose in life is very important. Imagine you have planted a rose sapling and sat infront of it day in and out hoping it to grow into a plant that will bare beautiful buds, those will blossom into equally beautiful flowers, but you didn’t water the sapling or give it enough sunlight, will your sapling grow into the plant you anticipated of? The answer is simple, No! Life is your sapling and purpose is your water and the sunlight. Give life a purpose, let it grow and then enjoy the fragrance.

Love yourself, like no one else ever will. Be honest and truthful to yourself. Be answerable to yourself, don’t wait till people point a finger, embrace life for we have only one life to love, live and remember.

Your Friend J

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