Dear former Idealistic Self, 20 Years Ago,<\/p>\n
Twenty years is a blink, but you already know the relativity of time.
\nSo listen, and change course.
\nThe path you’re on, though good, is not the right path for you.
\nYou feel lost and you’re searching for anything to give you stable ground.
\nBut that ground leads you away from your dreams,
\nto a dead end that you’ll never forgive yourself for.
\nDon’t believe the lie that you were called.
\nYou already know what you were born to do.
\nYou’ll have to fight to do it, to make a way, but you can.<\/p>\n
You’re an idealist, who gets a bad rap because you see reality, too.
\nAs heartbroken as you feel, your hopes rise just as much.
\nBut you must temper that hope with wisdom.
\nI’m so sorry to tell you, there are no miraculous doors that open.
\nYou fight for everything, as you always have.
\nYou are strong, even when you are at your weakest.
\nBut don’t waste time hating that strength.
\nBe the Amazon you love. You’ll never bring her to life on screens of silver,
\nbut you are a gladiator.
\nThis is your path, though I know you do not want it.<\/p>\n
Listen to your head before you go on your year long Academy adventure.
\nDon’t let religion brain wash you into believing in “the one”.
\nUse that year to build your dreams and education upon.
\nDon’t wait and flounder like I did.
\nWrite, write, write, and write… one day you won’t have as much time.
\nAnd when you return home, let yourself get lost in the city.
\nEveryone else knows where you are, they’ll help you find your way.<\/p>\n
You bear the weight of the world on your shoulders.
\nBut none of it is your fault.
\nYou must learn to cast the weight off, like a ball into the ocean.
\nBe brave and ask for all those things you don’t yet know how to do.
\nAnswers will be given, then you can create the doors you want to open.<\/p>\n
You have twenty years ahead of you.
\nLive them better than I did.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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