A letter to you

Ray Silvers Tech
4 min readJan 6, 2024

A letter to you

NOTE: Original date published — Apr 8, 2019

Dear me,

I come today to write about the hardships you will encounter, the obstacles you need to overcome, and to tell you that things will get better. Everyone in their lifetime will have moments when they doubt themselves. When they don’t think they can keep moving forward. I am here to tell you something. That is an illusion created by your subconscious. Every wall can be climbed. Every path can be crossed. Every time you find yourself surrounded by darkness you will find light.

Life is strange. It can be a beautiful thing. A blessing and at times it can kick you down and step all over you. We all face the reality that is life, day in day out. We get a new girlfriend, we get married, we get our dream job, we get an amazing pet or we become parents. With that, we can never prepare ourselves for what could go wrong. A bad breakup, a failed marriage, getting fired, our beloved pet dying, or worse.

When life hits you. It hits you hard. It knows where it hurts and it will keep doing so as long as you live. Does that mean you shouldn’t experience all the wonderful things it can offer? No! It means you should cherish them even more, because we never know when it might be over. Having that balance in life is what makes it worth while. Having the bad…

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