Hello World!
Thanks for the letter. It was nice to hear from you and know
you are still thinking of me. I think of you often.
So, you are wondering what my role will be, and how I am
going to make my piece fit snugly into the empty hole of our global puzzle? That’s a fair question; I am wondering the
same thing myself.
You know I have always been a dreamer: chasing goals and
waiting for the greatness that was most assuredly lurking around the
corner. I ignored the cynics who said I
was naïve or gullible and who said eventually your harsh, cold-hearted reality
would take a scalpel to my idealism.
Somehow, slowly, yet before I had the chance to blink and
recognize what was happening, you were leaving me with open wounds and scars. Were the so-called cynics right? Were they
actually cynics as I had hastily judged them to be, or were they merely
realists trying to warn me? After all, I
had now witnessed and experienced first-hand the death, destruction, illness
and hopelessness you seemed to manufacture.
But, no, after careful contemplation, I have concluded they were cynics. Each life, each human experience is a
carefully constructed conglomeration of successes and failures, battles and
victories. It has to be. Without the paradoxes of life, beauty,
compassion and everyday miracles can’t be realized. These things, however, are the true realities
of you, World; the authentic effects you are offering us with a strained, outstretched
arm, waiting for us to make the next move.
There are still a few shadows clouding my vision, and I
can’t see far enough ahead to tell you where my path is headed. My eyes are opened wide, and my ears are
listening intently, so I don’t miss where I am being called to lead or follow.
While I can’t offer you a resolute answer as to what my ultimate
role will be, I can offer you this: I promise to never stop searching and to not
allow the obstacles to derail my journey.
My eyes will remain fixed on hope, and I will keep the faith. Most importantly, I offer you my love: my love
of self, my love of others and my love of God. I will encourage rather than
compete. I will lift up rather than tear down. I will magnify the good rather
than embellish the darkness.
I hope you will cherish these gifts I whole-heartedly give
and will find them enough for now.
With Love and Gratitude,
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