Open Letter to people feeling low today

Dear you

I know it feels like you’ve been dealt an unfair hand in this life. There might be things that you just cannot believe happened to you, out of everyone else in this world, you. Or you could be one of those people who blame themselves for all that has happened. I would like you to take a deep breath. It’s okay. Our existence in itself is a miracle. Do you know how so many unlikely events had to take place in the exact order at the exact time for you to be here today? The DNA sequence that you have, the whole genome that makes you, you, it’s not common at all. The world needed you to be you and to exist in this timeline. Let’s take a step further and realize that it’s not unlikely that our Earth exists in the first place. There had to be several events that gave birth to a plant that is inhabited by us, it’s not by chance, or by luck. Often times, when we read this, we feel that life has some kind of meaning and we just cannot figure it out. The way I like to look at it is, there could be no meaning to life, or maybe the meaning of life is just enjoying the little things that happen - a hot cup of tea, the wind rustling, the chirping of birds, the muffled up conversations of strangers, the greenery that surrounds us, and just so much more. Maybe the meaning of life is watching or reading movies and books that help us frame our meaning of life, maybe it’s listening to music that makes us feel more alive. There are so many maybes and I think we have a long list of them at least to last our entire life on this Earth. Living is not about finding that ONE TRUE meaning, maybe it can just be one thing at one point of life, and the other at some other.

Today, it feels hard. The weight of the world could be weighing you down, you could be in an unsuitable situation which you can’t seem to escape. A coworker shouted at you, someone on the internet called you rude, your parents said something hurtful, you had a fight with your friend, you got your results back for your tests and you’ve… scored less or even failed. Take a deep breath and tell yourself it’s okay. It’s okay in the sense you are still here, you can still breathe, you can still move on and bounce back. It’s okay in the sense that the sun will rise again tomorrow morning, the wind will still feel the same on your skin, a hug from someone you love will still be just as priceless and the person you see in the mirror will still be there, fighting and figuring things out. You’re not alone, even when no one surrounds you, there is a light, just a flicker of light somewhere on this planet where the person feels the way you do. I know when self-love is talked about - it sounds so ridiculous at first, love myself? What cringe movie is life scripting for me? Or maybe it’s just downright hard - how do I love the person who has made such terrible life decisions, who has let my parents down, or let me down, how can I possibly love the person I have become, and the person I didn’t?

All those points are valid and I hear you. But just for a second let’s consider this - do you remember when your friend had a really bad day and they told you the world is out to get them? When you heard their side of things, you could make it out that they were just being too hard on themselves. How can we overlook that the same thing could happen to us too? Perhaps, our worst critic is us but do we also know how hard things have been for us? Didn’t we do the best we could at the moment with the limited knowledge that we had? Of course. Our best is different at any given moment. It’s unreasonable and unpredictable, it might not even make sense, but we humans need to be kind to ourselves. Be compassionate, listen to your inner world - you are doing your best today. Perhaps, loving yourself is too big a leap of faith, don’t worry - start with self-neutralizing. Don’t think that everything about you should be loved or it’s bad. Start with uncertainty, start with considering yourself a human before a human who is loved. Take baby steps, take your time and take your space because everyone on this Earth is here because life has led to it. However bad, hard or anything it is for you right now, the fact is you’re here and it’s not by chance. Whether you are spiritual, religious or something else - you came to be here. Even the world came to be because just the right amount of gravity exists, electric fields, magnetic fields, the planetary alignment - how is it in perfect order for this life form to occur, for our species to be here at all? There is something big at work here.

The next time, someone says something mean just smile and move on. We are all on this journey trying to be a little more than okay each day. Today we had a few bad moments, tomorrow we will try again. Maybe tomorrow will be better. Maybe I will try harder to make it better. I will surround myself with my friends and I will forgive people who hurt me, I will forgive myself for hurting me. Maybe life will be okay. I’m okay. Maybe? No, definitely.

Lovingly

Lumie, another person on this planet who feels the same way you do

Tagging a few peeps that I care about so much and to whom I would like to dedicate this letter to - @MrMarino @amusingTangerine5984 @ElysianAesthetic23 @Max741 @Exulansis00 @Sunisshiningandsoareyou @solitary3102 @Starmedia @WelcomeToChat @ChaosIsOrder @Serena5927 @rashmieee @PleaseChooseAnotherName @MishiS @AveryLove @DaisyDaph @Heythereletschat024 and to every person who comes across this forum post!