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Open letter to a friend

Ok, so maybe I'm writing after a happy hour, and I might make a lot of grammar and punctuation mistakes, but let's just go straight to the point and avoid all these little things that won't ruin the big picture, an open letter to a friend.

Friend:

You're one of those people that, even though I barely got to know you as much as I know my lifetime friends, I know that you're smart, and funny, and super witty, and all of these things that I wish I was. I see you every day and I'm like:

OH LORD, I WISH I WAS LIKE HER, SHE OWNS THE WORLD.

But then we talk, and I see that, somehow, we struggle through life as we can. Everyone with their own issues. Sometimes it's family issues, friends, relationships, we never know what the person in front of us is going through. Then we stop and listen, and we see that we're not the only ones thinking that we're not actually doing what we should be doing. But, what is that, that we should be doing? NO.FECKING.CLUE.

But, here's the thing. As I told you in one of our conversations, sometimes it gets a lot of pressure, of crying, of not knowing what we want in any single part of our lives, of stepping out of our comfort zone, that makes us realise about a couple of things.

For me it was: knowing what I am good at, failing at what I'm not good at, and also finding the strength and the support to achieve my goals.

Maybe I will fail. But do you know what? I'd rather fail and know I tried rather than spending my whole life living in my comfort zone not knowing what would've happened if I've tried.

And the same stands for love, and this is just a personal thing I'm saying here. But well, I guess that it makes sense after several I.P.A.'s:

If you feel that something has to happen, go for it. You better see the result of failure and learning from that, rather than spending several years thinking about the very same person and not even knowing what they think about you. You're (I'm) someone who has gone through a lot, mainly this year, and deserves to have her chance with, at least, reality.

So, friend, whenever the time comes for you, because you'll know when the time comes, pursue your happiness, and, in Emily Gilmore's words: find joy.  We all need joy in our lives.

I love you <3