Letters for the Future

Something amusing happened a few days ago. Perhaps funny is a more accurate term, or sad, depending on my mood. But I guess I'll allow you to determine for yourself which is the better term.

So I was preparing for my Sunday School lesson the other day, and I went hunting for some lined notebook paper for an activity I was gonna do with the class. So naturally I found an unfinished notebook (who finishes using their notebooks anyway? Cuz I never do, and apparently neither does my sister), only to find my sister's old notebook from YEARS ago. As I was flipping through to tear out unused pages, I found 3 letters written in March 2008 for me, our other sister, and our mom to be read in four years. Well. Looks like the letters were hid too well cuz we didn't find them till now, but I guess it only adds to the story's humor.

Anyway, the embarrassed writer snatched the letters away before I could get a glimpse, so she could first read whether she wrote anything too embarrassing to be read. But after much chasing to steal the letters back, the victory of reading the letters was mine. And here comes the funny part: in the letters, she wrote about how she was so sad that she and I were going to be moving out in the fall, and how she will miss living together with the four of us (me, her, our sister and our mom), and how by the time we read the letters, we will probably be married and living far away from each other. Reality check: after over 5 years, absolutey nothing has changed. We are all still single and living under the same roof. HAHA.

Like I said, I'm not quite sure whether I should've laughed or cried, but after everything I've learned since the letters were written, I chose to laugh. Life has a way of making you learn hard lessons, but after you've learned them, you better apply it or you'll only have to learn those hard lessons all over again till life is sure you've REALLY got it.

So apply what I've learned I will and look at my life on the bright side. Because my life has been quite bright indeed! Although I've felt ready to move on to the next stage of my life for seemingly forever now, I'm grateful for the opportunities, people, lessons, and experiences I have now that I otherwise wouldn't have had if I were married already. So life is good! I'm happy and I know that whenever that due time comes, it will be wonderful. Until then, I'll just be living my life the best way that I know how! And life will be good.