Friday, November 2, 2012

Dear Michele: A Letter to My Past Self

                                                                                                                             November 2, 2012

Dear Michele, 


Hi Michele! I hope your first week of high school is going well. High school was a lot of fun and you worked hard. I am writing you this letter because one of my worst regrets is that you didn't stop being friends with people that you knew were not really your friends. Remember in second grade, when you found your first best friend (Friend A) and you always did everything together. Once Friend A met the new girl (Friend B), you were pushed aside for their new friendship. Your best friend (Friend A), stopped hanging out with you because she was hanging out with her new best friend (Friend B). Do you remember the first time, when you three were playing at recess and Friend B said to you that Friend A and Friend B wanted to play by themselves without you? You had to go find someone else to play with, it really hurt your feelings. Then after that, day after day Friend B told you that she and Friend A wanted to play by themselves. Friend A started to treat you different and acted different, more like Friend B. Then in sixth grade, remember when Friend B wrote you a letter that told you all of your flaws. It was good that you decided to end the friendship after that letter.

What I regret is that you didn't completely let go of your friendship with Friend A and Friend B. Yes, you stopped talking to them for about two years and you created new friendships, but you missed the relationship you had with Friend A. You wanted to have your best friend back. You forgave them for what they did to you and once in high school, you started to hang out with these two girls again. You should have let this friendship go completely. They are not friends that you need to have. You know that they talk bad about you behind your backs, since they talk bad about others to your face. It is good that you didn't hang out with them as much as you did when you were little. I am glad that you didn't spend a lot of time with them. You should have had your other friendships grow by going to parties that your new friends invited you to. You just wanted to have a friend who wanted you around and you know they didn't want you around. In high school, you should have never crawled back to them because you are nothing like them. Don't let these girls get to you, you know they are jealous of you. They try to build themselves up by tearing everyone else down. Start meeting new people and let yourself be yourself around new people. Michele, you need to focus on school and not everyone else. These girls will only bring you down and you will not be happy. You don't need them. Start going to after school activities, to gain more friends.  Don't be shy, Michele! Be your kind, funny self and you will gain more friends. 

You will be a lot happier if you listen to my advice.

Sincerely,

Your Future Self