Hey Kid

Hey Kid, 

How are you? I really do want to know how you are doing and don’t you dare lie to me if you aren’t okay. It’s okay to not be okay. Remember that: it’s okay to be sad. I’m not doing the best either but I’m going to be alright. 

Kid, keep living. That is the only real advice I can give you. Do want you to want to do. Be who you want to be. The only person you are going to have to spend forever with is yourself. You are the only person, you can’t run from; no matter how hard you try. There is so much I want to say to you, so much I wish I could tell you. I’ll never have the time to tell it all. You are strong, a lot stronger then you think you are. I know at times this world seems so horrible and awful. I’m telling you right now, just keep living. If the stories on the news or Instagram are making you think that life is too awful, turn it off. Turn it off and find beauty, hope. You might not see it at first but you will find it if you try. I promise there is so much beauty out there. You have to keep living but don’t do it for me. Live for yourself. Live because you can. Live because there is so much that you can do. There is so much to live for.

How about this- I dare you to make a bucket list. I dare you to start completing said bucket list. Do things that are fun. Go run in the overgrown field, worry about the bugs, and get in trouble for being in the field. Go spend a night alone getting to know yourself- who you are and who you want to be. Go tell your mom that you love her, that you can’t stand the sound of her chewing, or write her a letter telling her how much you miss her or how much you don’t. Go be. Go do stupid things. Don’t ever get too old to play tag. Keep living. If you can’t find beauty then learn to make your own. 

Keep living because this world needs you. I need you. I know you don’t really know me but just know I care. Kid, you have so much power and so much life. Use it, use the life. All I really know is that you never know what will happen, so you have to live now. Right now! Living is so many different things. Living isn’t always being the life of the party. Life can be spending a day alone. Life can be reading a book or running around a small town you’ve never been too with a new friend.

Just. Keep. Living. Because what else can you do?

Love,

Just another kid