Dear misdirected middle school girl,
I write this letter to share wisdom. To be wise is to go into a situation aware of your values and the truly wise will make choices within that situation according to the strength of their integrity. Know how strong and wise you are at all times. Wisdom does not belong to the aged. With age one has more experiences and therefor placed in more circumstances to learn lessons and apply integrity, but it doesn't mean they do those things. Wisdom can be possessed without the experience, lesson learned, or application. Just be aware. Not beware, but be aware.
I do not write this letter to tell you what to do or not to do, who to be, how to act, what to believe in or to reprimand you. I only do it to transfer wisdom. That is the only reason, under my understanding, for language and communication; for survival relies on an individual's wisdom.
Please, for the sake of the world's balance, be understanding of another's wish to commit to their beliefs and opinions. Wisdom can be argued against for purposes of righteousness for another alternative wisdom. Keep in mind that what works for you, might not work for them. Also, having integrity does not mean being stubborn at all costs, it means having the strength to discern what is right from anything you are faced with. Be constantly transforming. there is no one transformation your soul will go through like that of a butterfly, it is an on-going process. Respect the journey of others as much as your own.
Mistakes are made. There is no perfect person. They say Jesus was, but even he got reprimanded for doing what he thought was right. It's been quite a long time and people are still trying to figure that guy out, trying to discern if the things he did was the right things to do. People will always try to figure you out, have expectations of you, and make judgements. Ponder these interpretations occasionally for its interesting to see other's perceptions, but NEVER let it change who you are. Your journey will get knocked off its course, and although that isn't a bad thing, you will be living for someone else, not for your own soul's survival.
You can only rely on yourself. Though this may sound harsh and skeptical, that is the only thing in this world you can be sure of. Facts are constantly disputed. Make judgement on who to trust by the intuition you receive when you look into their eyes. The eye is the easiest way to look into the physical brain, and I believe the most immediate way to read a person's soul. What is said about a person, or what that person says or does is sometimes completely irrelevant to who they actually are. Journeys are taken in obscure ways, that intuition will tell you if that person is true or artificial. However, don't beat yourself up if you are wrong.
Accept new experiences and emotions. Ponder thoughts about the soul, spirit, how the world works and whatever strikes your fancy. Reflect but don't dwell. This world is going at such a rapid pace there is limited time to figure out all the complexities of this world. It is not human's purpose to figure it out, we are meant to live.
Don't be bored. You are insulting yourself. Imagination does not belong to five year olds, you can still visit the magical place! With creativity and imagination you can do anything! The things of this world, such as money, are not needed to have a good time.
Marvel in the wonders of the world. All things that take time to make or grow. Man-made or nature-made is a ethical debate, but nonetheless everything is worthy of praise. The mind that constructed a machine to do things a human hand used to do is marvelous. Making a human hand make something that nature makes too is a phenomenon that is marvelous. The light in droplets that hang off trees are marvelous.
Good luck in your journey. Have confidence in all that you do. This is your life, and how you live it should have nothing to do with anyone else.
Love,
a contemplative collegiate woman
