A letter from December 9th, 2012

Peaceful right?

Dear old FutureMe, Damn 25 are you really so old? Already gray hair? Just to remind you here is your 16 years old past. How is it going? I mean generelly everything all right? Are you still as happy as you know? locking forward to every single day and enjoing it even if it is shit? Well I know you so you are all right if not why? sort that out fast it is your 25th birthday and you don't have much time left in your life. I sorry to frustrate you at your birthday but you have to be realistic you are old in some ways... Ok come to the hopefully better parts of life. Had a great IB and after that nice time at University or are you still there and working(partying) hard? What are you actually doing there? Hope you know at least because I have no plan right now what to do once I am as old as you are ;-) How about girls? Had many? Hopefully you setteled now? Do you still remember your first girlfriend Pia? or even your first great love, Mara? When was the last time you had a relaxed beer with them? Why don't call them NOW? Told mum and dad that you love them? What actually was there future? Back in my days it wasn't going well between them ;-( I don't want to make you sad on your birthday but what happened to Barcley, the best dog on the world? I have so many questions I would like to ask you but unfortunally you can't answer to your past. Well I am in England right now, do you still meet some of the old Worth guys? Or at least having contact in some ways. Oh I was about to forget the most important part do you still have your gliding licence? Would be a pitty if not and I hope if you don't you are already writing an e-mail to the next aiport near you as you are probally not living in Germany any more and you want to continue gliding man. Oh If you still very engaged glider I am sorry for being so harsh in the last sentence but I wanted to make my point clear. Hope you sorted out your problems with English spelling as you are terrible right now and I find mistakes all the time. Wow? I can't belief I am writing to myself in the future, nice. Oh if this email doesn't reach you because you changed your contact details could the new owner of the adress please contact me in some ways? I hope there are enough information in the mail to find me. Well, happy birthday enjoy your day. Oh and if you can't read English anymore I hope they improved Google translate so you can change it back to German but I simply thought it would be more appropriate to write to you in English as I am in England right now and all this stuff. See you your 16 years old past is waving in mind.

Epilogue

2 days later

Dear PastMe,

Receiving this mail from you has changed my perspective enormously, thus I would like to answer you. Not only your spelling, but also your math was improvable: I...

Trerah tdoay tahn 25 drentu 62. Epdrviom lony ramallniyg ettufnrloauyn othb ahs.
Tels’ wiht a ttsar igseln ahir tdn’o eth ccilh,é egry eahv i. Ym si dan mero tuo ihigntnn hair teh more is rthtu lrea. Ta n’dto ldo all flee eeibsd i ttah. Years slitl uot lodush ot i itnsel heav 9 nltui ma hant ago laet icmsu my acetlyx ni,hgt ihtw ta hte kdirn roem i dna ingnahg i nsrfied aesm.
I anc asee oyru gideagrnr yoru aicdecam ewirrso uerutf. Tatrs iimeednc inehfdis homnt hsiciyanp ot alst ni ooyashiesalgtne a sa illw my kowr utsj yjurana nda reeged ni i.
Tatpimnor tnighs het fendsir dna alyerl to onw grlis. S’ti yorin taef alwysa as. “oot ouy ietm nheeevrw enhw aomnw all werodn wto btu you lteitl wsa thta oyu a rnfto wluod ”unogy eetm dah fo uoyr for a ot rmebrmee aaslwy lvoe ayswla be aln,i yilecdtr rafa rchus woh elrat ohw hes ldusho uyor odluc who sielare, hte irlg it letlit on mabeec was eske eayrs slibopes, ni ?erlgrndiif the and uoy, seey. Losenthraipi esms so a be inla also wkese asw aelr nad od’tn ot ifgerdlnri 0th1 ncsdieor (i grdea uoyr ew cebmeo in od’nt liwl up tlsa fro a)yrneom pia rlgeinrfid sirft dnitga nali eopylectlm 2 your fi. The we iodgnastcne-l fo meovd raesy erisivuytn, wto hda ot icens fo we enhw yaaw 2701 huost ubt i nhlai,pstoire ethtroeg eovmd fro reyamgn. Once rwee in hre 9 islesobp a m,eor atpecrapei rfo thank sha lpetiorhnsai as vene an ryeall ubt atth yaesr aaslyw nto uor an,tredg olev acem i ignatk eebn telrte you and nrgaedi ouy my she iirgrlndef lnesigari, elfi yoru ot tdsater lina ncpeseer i edosicnigrn aog bueesac noly. Wtb. Ycnrgi her yuo who uyro os esh dlot etletr hwen hre dan nkhat veol neco eatsrdt i cumh g,ania i ewhods r,he. .
Hnta’ev a ghuoth logn aip a own fro i had nirfed rmaa te,im rniceosd lesoc i totnacc ihwt. Onwst onw aceh lhmaonarfa-ht a dan ni ilna ni nad i ew htwi demrcbee our hent dan ran cspireteve rhe itsvi ohtre. Cilhl ynol ash prgou reh lot epre onstepriyla aayw tafer onmivg fomr nda hngaedc neaedrim ehr a amra. .
Ot i dgbainro eimditl tcacnto hsolco eht vrey eavh teams. Anidcste brlyea cotnact wtih tuo to rdfein ettx cone etnura ealr duretn uysb ish dan ujkba choosl in the adn aertf yatdse deu a i tuaayllc ayer nlyo be to we. .
Oasl ot asd ltle ear teerh ghstni htghou. Dseaps stal yaer wyaa yerbcal. When a tuo saw frtea lt,etil tmbslue ni he 12 srga eh dlo that enwh and pdeass htat nad fo a to bauthns oshur ltare demees awya tsalmo the pedmju ownd ysrea euprrdtu yal teh eh wfe a cra nda for touurm a saw. Nsfrhlamto-aha for adn ubcaees a to lasdo peardtsee so to eervy owt on em fo run ediavmtot iavtcyit asy duowl orf dan yad eend lyno gmadena espek og htugoh em i sih he anmy liigvn sreya lpayichs oyu ocnrmtai out in.
No lgdngii og ilslt yalrlegur te:on ’setl i a snifih pahyp. Neidtiinef sallm i eht a is yaacullt el”ar“ btu to fo lcak saw reysa ylno fwe tisrarcaf trse fro hte adn erwdepo i aosl eoms a nyeom at wten ni nltigpoi ude zgainam r,xseeicneep fnglyi ahd dan raesy tsal yaelrl gdlingi. .
Yuo hte erays ncoe geacnhd hoiwgns hsa hwo mchu in me g,aina kathn salt orf. So em pelyde emda elsadep ym dan yapph with evha uoy lfie. I rty cna ot yerv stih i fo sa chmu eemrgonipw lgon kpee as oitatvoinm lwil ym as estb. Hrwmokoe i tihw drastet agniiolr egt spto embmrere ruoy ohw otwer metfu,reu uoyr eth i dnivgioa os dan yssesa. They etg ttsru beetrt eyanlluevt em wlil.
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A ni fwe oyu seray ese.

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