Post Script To Myself

P.S. to future self:

This is your past self talking to you.

Yes, I know we've both had our problems, both had our difficulties. Who knows? By the time you reread this, or re-reread this, you could be in the difficulty of our lives.

I just want to remind you to take it slow. Life's not meant to be gobbled up in a few months' time. Take your time. Enjoy the small things. Play your videogames. Immerse yourself in books. Go forth and shoot the 3-pointers.

Don't ever forget the fun-loving you. Don't ever forget the joker within you. Remember: there's a reason why you love comedies. There's a reason why you never think a joke's corny.

You have inside you the heart of an innocent joker. If there ever is such a thing. What I wanted to say was, you laugh your heart out at every genuinely funny joke, "corny" or not.

Don't let anyone stop you from laughing. Don't let yourself be influenced by people who think that jokes are corny and love is cheesy.

Never ever think of love as cheesy. You are a romantic by heart. Do not let that go.

Let people say what they want to say. It's their life, after all. Not yours. And vice-versa. So don't tell other people what to do, and don't let other people dictate your actions. LEt them live their life. Go live yours to the fullest.

Life's not fair. Yes it gets repetitious, but we both keep forgetting. I guess the only remedy for this is optimism. Never get pessimistic. Always remember that there's a silver lining in every dark cloud. Or something.

Don't throw away your identity because of a few people. Don't throw away your personality because of your peers.

We both have been guilty in the past. I look back at our past entries, at each nugget of personalized history embedded in this blog. I am not proud of some of the things we did. But realize this: Continue writing. This blog is like a pensieve. It organizes our thoughts so that we can think better. So that we can find it in ourselves to do the right thing, whatever it is.

Keep things simple. Do not presume to know everyone's thoughts. And do not let people presume that they know yours.

Find true friends. Never let them go.

Conflict is inevitable. Let go of people who say they are your friends but do not act like it. In the long run, the hurt shall fade.

Never be ashamed of who you are. I write this to you, future self, in a state of half-shame. But I just realized that there is nothing to be ashamed about.

Do not follow the footsteps of your peers who have adopted pretension as their son. Be true to yourself. Say what you really feel. Remember Dr. Seuss who said, "Be who you are, say what you feel, because the ones that mind don't matter, and the ones that matter don't mind."

You have lost something. You have lost the unconditional trust you once had for everyone. Regain it. It is better to trust and be fooled than to always remain in a state of doubt. The ones who matter won't betray your trust anyway. Let the rumormongers seek deceit.

In essence:
Never lose the part of yourself that is innocent and free from pretension. Naive sometimes, hell, most of the time, but innocent nonetheless.

I hope that the next time you read this, we shall both have been satisfied by who we are.