A letter from the past.

A few days ago i came across a letter i wrote to future self.

It was written way back in 2006 just before i started my university, it was short, precise and innocent. It was addressed to me and it was to be opened on the 31/12/2010.

there was only 4 points, written in 4 sentences. I wasn't very much into writing it seems back then.

1) That i should have a part time job that i liked.

2) My grades should be above average

3) I should have a girl in my life who loves me and whom i love dearly

4) I should be confident and ready to take on the world

looking back upon my effectively 3 years in uni. Did i "achieve" my so called goals?

i would think so. all of them.

I do not have a consistent part time job, but i no longer believe that i should have one. My perspective on income and wealth have changed greatly over the last 3 years. A minor in entrepreneurship and many wealth creation and financial seminars have seen to that.

My grades are above average.

As for the part about love and girls, i was single back then but even then my younger self knew the difference. Loving others and being loved does not equal to a formal relationship for the world to see. Over the years i have been blessed and privileged to have had girls who have come to love me and in their small ways, and shown me that i am more than a friend to them, it was from them i learned how to love. To those who love me, i have indeed loved them back in my own way. I ask nothing of them. Over the months and years, some of them have left and i accepted it as natural death. Not every girl can understand and enjoy platonic love. Even thought they have left me, i still think of them and all they have done for me, and how little i have reciprocated. one of my few regrets in life, was to treat others less than how they treated me.

Am full of life and ready to take on the world. You bet i am. I have never been more ready and able than i am now. I have air in my lungs, a beat in my heart, blood flowing in my veins, a clear conscious, a open heart, a mind ready to learn. I have friends who have found it worth their while to invest in my their time and their advice. I have found mentors who are guiding me in their respective fields. I feel so blessed, so full of grace and power. Like a sword dancer, so beautiful and so deadly is his dance, likewise my moves in life and the words i speak. i have grown much spiritually as well.

I left out my family in my letter, it was a big mistake. I did not realized then how crucial a family unit is to a person's growth. Over the last 6 years i have strive to be the figure my siblings lacked, and the leader my family needed. In many ways i have succeeded, and i will continue to hold on and pressure myself to become a better person. For myself and for my family.