9/5/10

"Hello, dear friend!
    It's difficult for me to think of a suitable start to this letter to you – someone I have never and will never (both assumptions) meet. However, I suppose I should not worry since I will never know your judgement of me.
    I would ask who you are, but something tells me I will never get a reply, therefore I will tell you about me: I am a female and 18 years old. When I was 10 my father died, and in the years following years [sic] I have struggled with mental illness (panic, anxiety, and depression); however, I have also become stronger through these experiences. In the last two years I have travelled overseas alone for months at a time, and in 2 days I leave for my first year of college in a location that is an 11 hour car ride from home. I suppose if I were to give any insight based on these experiences, it would be never to give up your dreams and that the human condition is amazingly resilient, making nothing impossible. If you ever struggle, know that this earth can be cruel, but that it is only a passing thing – you are here for a reason and are truly irreplaceable. When you feel alone, know only that I am thinking of you and care deeply about you. In time you will get the happiness you deserve.
    As I write you this letter I am sitting at my computer desk, my facebook profile open while I watch “Life After People” on the History Channel. I enjoy watching such shows. The Discovery Channel and National Geographic are my favorites. My favorite TV prgram ever created is “Band of Brothers”, and if you have not yet seen all things international, my favorite film is “Das Leben der Andven” (The Lives of Others) also definitely worth a watch. I suppose those are all things you don't really care to know, but, friend, I have decided to share them with you. Maybe you like them as well and, in fact, feel a minor connection to me. Maybe if we really met we would actually be friends. Life works in mysterious ways, and maybe some day we will unknowingly find one another, and should you get to know me you will recognize me as the stranger from whom you got that letter all that time ago. Maybe... maybe not. It's fun to speculate, though, isn't it? When you put this letter down, I wonder if you will ever think of me again? What will you do with this piece of paper and the picture sent with it? Only you will know the answer to these questions. I just hope that you've found this letter interesting and were not disappointed by its contents. If you were, I apologize, and I promise that my next letter to a stranger will be better. For now I suppose I should let you be, though it pains me to bring our short encounter to an end. I hope it has been as memorable for you as it was for me.

<3 your friend."

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