An Open Letter to My Future Daughter

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Life is not easy, it hasn’t been since I was your age and it won’t be when you yourself write the same letter to your own daughter. Life keeps on putting certain standards for how we should look like, what we should wear and surprisingly what our beliefs should be. I know because all my life I’ve been entirely driven by what others do and what is always trending.

 

I pretended to be busy for so long that I didn’t even have time to listen to myself, to know what I like and what I want to do with my life. Don’t do that. My life was very much like a roller coaster, one day I would be very passionate about something then it all fades away the next day because I cared so much about what other people thought. I didn’t believe in myself, I was easily influenced by others and their achievements and dreams.

 

Life is fair, but human beings are not. We’re not fair to ourselves or to the people around us. We don’t believe that we deserve to achieve our own dreams. I didn’t. I never believed I was good enough to achieve any of my dreams. I always thought there was someone better for this position or that job. I underestimated what I can, and myself in the process.

 

There will always be times when you lose your identity just like I did, but you have to get back up on your feet and fight it. Never follow the traditional path of life. Listen to yourself and know exactly what you’d like to do and how you want to leave your fingerprint. Chase your dreams because everything in the chasing journey is worth it no matter how long it’ll take to reach your hopes and prospects. I know it’s hard to walk your own way away from what’s deemed “right” in our society but don’t stop. Keep going. Your journey is no one but your own.

 

I hope you never lay in bed crying over how hard life would be or how unfair you think it treats you, I hope you never lose belief in yourself no matter how many times someone tells you that you failed. I hope that you’re always able to pick yourself up whenever you fall. I hope you never get uncomfortable from being in your own skin. Never want to be anything or anyone else other than yourself.

 

Trust yourself. Give yourself a chance to trust those who deserve to be trusted. But most importantly, it’s okay to make mistakes, nobody’s perfect. Don’t let your guilt eat you up and don’t fall out of commitment just because you screwed up once, twice or even a hundred times. Reconcile with yourself and find your inner peace.

 

 

WE SAID THIS: Find happiness in every single detail of your life, nurture your beautiful soul and shine wherever you go.

 

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