There's no glitch in the system, as much as I want there to be. I used to say that second-chances were my first favorite kind of chance, and while that still holds true in many respects, I've learned the timeless fact that there are no do-overs. This is it; right here, right now.
The biggest thing I'll ever learn, and perpetually practice, is living for right now; being only in this moment.
If we're being honest, I still believe in fairy-tale love and that those who are meant to be will be; that love knows no time or distance and all that Mumbo-jumbo.... But with a little more life experience and many a journal article, I've seen that all we can do is live for this very moment. Whether our long-lost Prince Charming rides in on a horse-drawn carriage or not, we have to live in the present.
I've heard the mantra all my life, maybe so repetitiously that it lost all meaning, that the past is gone and the future isn't here so all you have is now; but for some reason it just made my body go cold and my arms grow goosebumps realizing what that actually means.
We only have right now. The word "fleeting," doesn't seem to suffice to describe life.
We may never get a second chance at something. We may never cross paths again. We can't MAKE the Adjustment Bureau somehow work in our favor. The things we left unsaid will forever remain unsaid. The things we spoke too quickly will forever be spoken. There are no glitch's in the system. This is not the Matrix. ((I actually can't back up the last statement with certainty))
How's that for a slap in the face?!
I'm not saying all this to make you become filled with regret, or question how you've lived your life. I'm not saying this to be cliché or philosophical.
I'm saying this because you matter. Right NOW matters. I'm saying this because maybe you've been told your whole life you have potential but didn't do anything with it, or maybe you were always told you'd just be a nobody. But the truth is, you're famous to me. Don't ever let anybody tell you that your dreams can't be achieved. Your dreams matter.
You have right now to be famous. Right now to follow your dreams. And I don't ever want to see you stop doing just that. To live fiercely with your courageous heart leading your path.
Maybe nobody ever told you this, but you have a fan. I'm your fan. You and I, we may not even know each other, but we have something in common.... We have a dream that we're going to follow. Nobody can tell us we don't matter. And that makes us inextricably linked.
I'm saying this because right now, writing this to you is following my dream. Right now I'm the happiest I could be as I form these words on the paper. I'm writing this because right now matters to me, and I can't go beyond this moment without telling you how much you matter; how much I ache for you to live in the moment and conquer your wildest, most sacred dreams.
I'm not giving up on you. Don't give up on me.
Sincerely,
your biggest fan.
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