A letter from my past...

Dear FutureMe, So here I am writing me again. I thought the writing of the first letter was sort of awkward, but still that has not stopped me from writing another. This message to me is not going to be as negative. Hopefully, I will not think about this message every month until I receive it again. For two years I waited for that email to come, and coincidentally thought about the message just one week before I received it. Although at the same job, the two years between the writing and the receiving of the last email, a lot has changed in my life, and for the better. I lost 88lbs, was still in school and doing well, and was pretty happy with life. I do not have many regrets. This time will be no different. I plan on progressing in life for the better. By the time I receive this email I will have finished school. I will NOT be working at the same job. I plan on pursuing my goal to work within the Criminal Justice system. I will have made a positive impact on many lives. I will be happy and will have some regrets. I will make mistakes, but I will have learned from them. As I write this email, I wonder what I will be doing in the next couple years. For the first time in a long while I am nervous about my future. Will I have made a difference? Will I be any different from the next person? What sets me apart from everyone else? Those things, however scary are the great things about the future. We have the ability to change it for the better, or for the worse. Being that I’ve had a plethora of opportunities I will take advantage of them. A lot will have changed in the next couple years, but one thing will not. I will always be me. Things about me will hopefully change, and change for the better, but I will still be me. Love it or hate it, I will always accept it. So as I receive this email in a couple years, I know that I have tried my best and I will continue trying my hardest. If I happen to receive this email in a couple years and I am not where I need to be, I promise myself that I will try even harder than ever. I promise that I will not continue to make the same mistakes and will take a different path needed. “When you make a mistake, don't look back at it long. Take the reason of the thing into your mind and then look forward. Mistakes are lessons of wisdom. The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.” Remember you only get one life Jason, but do not dwell on the fact, just learn from it and take life one day at a time. Remember to spend more time with your family. Mom and dad will not live forever, so make them proud now. Do not wait till it’s too late! Chin up, and never give up. -Past Jason