Dear Self,

Looking back years ago, will you ever think your life would be like this?

Will you ever believe it if I say that one day, you will be well chasing your dreams, working hard and studying hard for it? That whatever obstacles you have anticipated have been realized and overcame with much gusto and success?

Will you ever believed me if I said you will meet your soul mate, and he will be the best person that has ever entered your life? That all the heartbreak you have had over the years led up to this? And that those heartbreaks were necessary in order for you to appreciate what a gem this man is?

One will not comprehend the meaning of sweet had one not tasted bitter. One will not know the worth of a diamond if one has not known the worth of a common rock.

So Self,

Even though life Now has it’s own obstacles and difficulties, it also has more triumphs and happiness. And you know yourself, having experienced it, that difficulties are just fleeting incidents in one’s lifetime, but the experience, the knowledge and the strength of character derived from overcoming those far outstrips the cost one have to pay.

Hang in there, buddy.