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An Open Letter To The Person I Once Was

I am who I am.

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An Open Letter To The Person I Once Was
Sydney Sleichert

Hi.

You probably don't even know who I am now, but at one point I used to be you. I know I don't look like or act like it but we once were the same person. It's for that reason I'm writing this letter to you.

You're the soul purpose I am who I am now.

I know that five years down the road I won't even be the person I am now while writing this letter, but that doesn't matter. All that matters is that I am who I am now because who I once was, and that's you.

The problems that you are facing now, will help you later.

I know they seem like the end of the world right now, and I promise you, they were super hard to go through but it gets easier. Those problems will help you in ways you would not believe. They cause you to open your eyes. They help you realize that it's okay to ask for help. It may seem like now that you're a nuisance to everyone but they just want the best for you. Those people are your friends for a reason.

The people you do lose from your life is not a total loss.

Just because they aren't in your life anymore doesn't mean that it's a bad thing. Sometimes it's just not the right time to be friends or you drifted apart, it's as simple as that. You will make so many new friends that the old ones will just be happy memories.

Thank you.

Without you, without anything you went through I wouldn't be me right now. The person who I've grown into is someone I've started to truly love. Which wasn't the case when I was you. The person you are now, the person I was, didn't love herself. She cared only of what other people thought. She cared about what she looked like, she cared about what she said, she cared about how other people judged her.

That's not who I am now.

The person I am now is someone you'd be proud of. Someone you wish would have come sooner. The person I am now is someone who is confident, someone who has realized who she is and accepts it. Someone who is nothing like you and never wants to go back to being you.

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