An Open Letter to the Man Who Opened My Eyes To the World
Dear You,
I know you might be reading this right at this very moment. Remember how you took care of me when I was feeling ill? Remember how you made me happy when you brought me to that island? Yes, everything is still clear to me up to the very last memory when we departed before I left the hotel. Remember how you hate how I wash your clothes in the bathroom sink and made the floor so wet, and you were so mad that I just laugh off? Remember how crazy we were back then? Those were the times, I could say. . .
“You opened my eyes to a whole new world.”
I am a dreamer since I was a kid, and all I know was to dream, I didn’t know how to make it all come true step-by-step. I didn’t know how to chase it, how to live it, how to be it. You have released the butterfly in me, it’s like metamorphosis, it’s like going out if my cocoon and when you came it was like magic!
I would like to thank you for letting me see how beautiful the world is, for telling me not to sell myself short, for treating me like a princess. For a very short period of time you allowed me to grow, you helped me become a better person, you gave me hope that chasing dreams won’t be that easy but it’s all going to be worth it in the end.
“It was quick but it was real.”
Everything comes to an end, and fate didn’t really agree to us; you have to go. It was the most heart-breaking moment in my entire existence. Every fiber of my body died little by little, a shiver in my spine I cannot explain. Maybe life is like that, you have to let go of people you really love. When they come back, they’re meant for you, if not, they will just become another memory.
Thank you for the memories, til’ then my friend.
All the best,
ME
(photo credits to the respective owner)
Thanks for sharing your experience. I love your webpage. The layout is really nice. Hopefully one day I will learn how to get mine set up the way I want it. KUDOS!
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hi! thanks for checking my blog! dont worry! practice makes perfect! 🙂 cheers!
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Cheer up, for you are not alone! ❤ Thanks for dropping by my blog, too 🙂
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Can totally relate to this! Great post.
Sometimes, someone can come into your life not to stay, but to become a blessing that you need. So don’t be sad because it ended, smile because it happened 🙂
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I really Agree with this.:).
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thank you!
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Eventually, we will all leave, if only because of death. Nothing lasts. The trick is realizing how beautiful that makes things.
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And to keep on making good memories until the person is still there, so once they are gone, it will hurt for sure but memories will surely help. thanks for dropping by!
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We as human beings get so angry when it’s someone else who does something to us: Abandons us, takes advantage of us.
If a rock fell on us, we wouldn’t hold onto that rage. But if someone threw a rock at us, we’d get livid.
Life is full of things that disappoint and hurt. But when it comes to events that happen, we find ourselves able to learn how to grow from them.
I am thankful for everyone I met, even people who took advantage of me, or left. They all taught me a lesson, to help me be the person I wanted to be. I wouldn’t choose to change any of those experiences. Their lives took them where they needed to go, and I loved them enough to know that they had to go that way, and even to forgive them for being less than skillful.
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this is the best advice i have read! thank you so much! hope you can drop some love on my blog too! keep me posted! cheers!
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One of the best things you can do is pass that love on.
There are hundreds of people who have given me chances, faith, love. They were all flawed people, but for me they were sources of love and power.
When I consider giving up on my work, I remember them. I remember that there is nothing I could do to pay them back for how special they made me feel, for the sacrifices they made to insure that I and others succeeded. Even good high school teachers who influenced my understanding of my capabilities and of the world, amongst thousands of other students… what could I do that would reward them sufficiently for touching me that way, even if it was in a subtle way?
The only answer I’ve found is trying, for each one of them, to reach out and touch ten, fifty, a hundred people.
Of course, as I do that, I find that I am in turn meeting new special people who in turn give me new things to fight for.
But perhaps that infinite cycle is a gift. I’m coming to think that process of giving greater and greater love, and in turn being rewarded with new interactions, is one of the greatest ways of living life.
And it all can start with one person who makes us see that our world can be broader.
https://skillfulmeansbookblog.wordpress.com/2014/06/02/the-imaginable-horizon/ concerns that process. How we can, like this special person did for you, expand the boundaries of what someone else perceives as possible. And while it can be in special moments, time and trust do it too, and far more readily.
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@Deanna – The reason why I call “Little Red Riding Hood” is because you know how to pave your path and that your heart molded you to what you are now. Stay pretty!
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thanks you so much ate! hope to see you soon!
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This was really beautiful, thanks for dropping a comment on my blog to tell me about your post! I enjoyed it 🙂
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thank you too for reading it! keep me posted! cheers!
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No problem! Cheers to you too 🙂
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“It was quick, but it was real”, what a lovely turn of phrase! Very nicely written…
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Thank you for dropping by! cheers!
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This is just lovely but also so heartbreaking and honest. Sometime s the truth is the hardest thing to face. Sometimes we must let go of the ones we love most. Letting go is not easy. I believe we never really let go because those who have impacted us the most will always have a place in our hearts. Look forward to reading more posts from you. Thank you so very much for checking out my blog and your comments. I appreciate it very much. Keep in touch…Andrea
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After all these years, maybe I have to be transparent to myself. Letting go isn’t easy, but just like backpacking it will make you numb. But I am not letting it to mold me into something I am not.
thanks for dropping by! keep me posted! cheers!
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Being transparent to myself is the hardest thing I have ever attempted. It’s ongoing. Letting go is hard, oh so tough. You can do it. One breath at a time.
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thank you! I have come to a realization that it is time to let go. thank you so much for your wonderful advice. i’ll keep that in mind. cheers!
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This is a great post! Youre right, it does resemble mine! Keep writing!!
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thanks for dropping by, keep me posted! cheers!
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Losing someone close is always hard and heartbreaking. But it’s just like you said, if it’s meant to be he’ll come back.
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I know. and it is quite pretty hard to accept the things you cannot even understand. i mean, how is that possible. But. i strongly believe that everything happens for a reason. everything…
thanks for dropping by!
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Oh…sweet and a little sad but wonderful reading!
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Hi! Just dropped by your blog and wonder who that guy is! Anyway, just as I always say, the right person will come in the right time, at the right place with the right circumstances. 🙂
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hey! see you soon! 🙂
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yessss! super soon.. 🙂
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Love to hear stories of people doing the right thing – or even going one better than the right thing – by other people. Gorgeous post.
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One of the best things about falling in love is it gives you plenty of stories to tell. Thanks also for liking my last post.
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you’re welcome! I definitely agree with you. stories that you can learn from. 🙂
keep me posted. cheers!
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