Reflecting

I've decided to spend 2009 really focusing on getting back to some creative endeavors I've abandoned or neglected along the way. I used to really enjoy writing both short stories/prose and poetry. I've always had a love for photography, despite knowing nothing of any useful knowledge about it. So I'm getting back to those. I'll probably use this blog to share my results with "the world." (Because we all know the world doesn't exist outside this blog!) I've posted one of my inspirations below. It's a letter I wrote myself in 2001 to the future me.

aug 2001

becky,

this letter is to myself. the myself of the future. my advice is to never give up on yourself. you know exactly who you are. no one else does. keep your head up. look those you meet in the eyes. your eyes are the gateway to your heart. don't let yourself be sold out. play the game the way it needs to be played. life won't always be a cookie cutter world. never lose the music in your soul. it's as much a part of you as anything. let your brain and heart take turns making decisions. each needs to grow and be nourished.

your past self,
becky jean, age 17


I realize that this rings of cliche, but for the 17 year old me, a lot of this was advice I didn't really need at the time. I was a pretty with it 17-year old. (Well in August I was.) Soon after this, I started to fall apart and really needed this advice. I'm glad I put it down to remind me that I could be that person :)