30 days of letters - day 4
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ethosadear, siblings;
I remember when all three of you were so little, so tiny. Well, JJ was a plump little baby, but he was still small compared to the size of him now!
Though I was still a child at the time, I remember watching the three of you grow. I grew up, as well. The four of us have matured as the years went by, now already passing ten years! When we were younger, I remember being excited to see how you guys'd develop. To see how you'd all grow.
Seeing you guys learn in leaps and bounds instills a strange sense of pride in me, and when someone wrongs you a vengeance becomes apparent. I want to protect, to play with, and to teach. To show you guys new things that none of you have ever seen before. But certain things are difficult to teach.
How do I teach you to be strong? How do I teach you to shrug off wrongs done to you and keep moving forward? To reach for what you want, to fight for what you believe in but also to keep an open mind to others' beliefs? To not settle for things "good", but go for great. To not accept gifts unless you deserve them, don't let people lure you into complacency where things become "good enough."
These things can not be taught. They are experienced, they are learned. But, not taught. Showing you through example will never be good enough; I'd need to plan a thousand different things for a perfect situation were to come so I could show you. To know your minds are still yet young and fresh, is perhaps the best thing. To know your minds are open to learning, to new things, is even better than best.
Discover, be the curious kids you are. Because that really is what you guys are. Kids. As much as you want to grow up, stay young for now. You learn so much better, easier, faster than when you get older. Your minds right now are sponges absorbing the water of life: knowledge. The more you know now, the more you'll know later. The smarter the three of you will become. Better minds, better people, better decisions made.
Think! Don't forget to think! Why did someone say this, do that, behaving that way? Do they have something buried in their past causing them to be like this? Are they shy, nervous, angry? They don't want to tell you? That's fine, give them time. Never rush people to open up to you; everyone has their own pace and if you are aware/cautious of it, you've become a more friendly person. A better person.
This includes thinking for yourself, and never be afraid to be wrong or make mistakes. Strive to do your best, do what you love to do. And when a mistake sits on your doorstep, make it disappear and assure that the same mistake doesn't happen twice.
Don't be afraid of being yourselves. Don't follow the crowd, don't be sheep. When fear rears its ugly head, you stare it down until it surrenders. Don't run away. FEAR is nothing to run away from. "Forget Everything And Run": don't succumb to fear. Ever. Think, know what you want, and plot the best reasonable way to get there; from point A to point B. You guys'll be fine.
This letter turned into more of a manifesto for you guys, but I hope the message I've been trying to say comes across.
hugs and kisses,
kiwa
I remember when all three of you were so little, so tiny. Well, JJ was a plump little baby, but he was still small compared to the size of him now!
Though I was still a child at the time, I remember watching the three of you grow. I grew up, as well. The four of us have matured as the years went by, now already passing ten years! When we were younger, I remember being excited to see how you guys'd develop. To see how you'd all grow.
Seeing you guys learn in leaps and bounds instills a strange sense of pride in me, and when someone wrongs you a vengeance becomes apparent. I want to protect, to play with, and to teach. To show you guys new things that none of you have ever seen before. But certain things are difficult to teach.
How do I teach you to be strong? How do I teach you to shrug off wrongs done to you and keep moving forward? To reach for what you want, to fight for what you believe in but also to keep an open mind to others' beliefs? To not settle for things "good", but go for great. To not accept gifts unless you deserve them, don't let people lure you into complacency where things become "good enough."
These things can not be taught. They are experienced, they are learned. But, not taught. Showing you through example will never be good enough; I'd need to plan a thousand different things for a perfect situation were to come so I could show you. To know your minds are still yet young and fresh, is perhaps the best thing. To know your minds are open to learning, to new things, is even better than best.
Discover, be the curious kids you are. Because that really is what you guys are. Kids. As much as you want to grow up, stay young for now. You learn so much better, easier, faster than when you get older. Your minds right now are sponges absorbing the water of life: knowledge. The more you know now, the more you'll know later. The smarter the three of you will become. Better minds, better people, better decisions made.
Think! Don't forget to think! Why did someone say this, do that, behaving that way? Do they have something buried in their past causing them to be like this? Are they shy, nervous, angry? They don't want to tell you? That's fine, give them time. Never rush people to open up to you; everyone has their own pace and if you are aware/cautious of it, you've become a more friendly person. A better person.
This includes thinking for yourself, and never be afraid to be wrong or make mistakes. Strive to do your best, do what you love to do. And when a mistake sits on your doorstep, make it disappear and assure that the same mistake doesn't happen twice.
Don't be afraid of being yourselves. Don't follow the crowd, don't be sheep. When fear rears its ugly head, you stare it down until it surrenders. Don't run away. FEAR is nothing to run away from. "Forget Everything And Run": don't succumb to fear. Ever. Think, know what you want, and plot the best reasonable way to get there; from point A to point B. You guys'll be fine.
This letter turned into more of a manifesto for you guys, but I hope the message I've been trying to say comes across.
hugs and kisses,
kiwa
