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A Letter For You: Princess
Lessons I’ve learned that you should know
Dear Princess,
As your mother, I sincerely hope you aim to live your life so that you may starve.
I heard what they said about planning for your future. I saw your face when they said you would starve if you followed that path. They let you know how horrible that would be… but they were wrong, baby.
There have been times in my life when I was starving — physically, emotionally, and even spiritually. Those were the really hard times. Those moments included fear, loneliness, darkness, and anger. And although you were little, you may remember some of those times. But these moments were some of the best times of my life. Moments when life was simple and made sense… when there was just happiness, pure happiness, and the hunger and starvation of life made me want more… and that was beautiful.
I have also known times in my life when my belly was full. My bank account was full, my life was busy, and I was not starving or hungry. Oh, those times are really great, things are comfortable, and there is happiness… but those are times of laziness too. There is a feeling of dead ends, chaos, and misery. It is easy to say that “there is something to be said for being comfortable.” But I can tell you that comfort eventually settles in your butt and sits there, just as you will if you are too full.
If you pick up a gavel but want a paintbrush, if you look at a chart but wish it were a canvas, or if you see another patient but wish it were an emergence of creation from clay.. then will you be happy? If your bank account is full, will you be happy if you go to work every day miserable? If your stomach is full, but you work and go through the motions just to make a dollar so that you might return to the same mundane life day after day after day… are you happy?
There are very few things in life that we actually have control over. Life gives us the right to ‘pursue’ happiness, but it is never guaranteed. The only person that has control over that is you. If art makes you happy, princess, create!!! If you want to pursue a college degree in art, I have your back.. If you think that your life would not be as good without art if you see a future without creation as one that is not as exciting and rich as you would like it to be with a pencil and canvas, that by god girl, go create magic!
We only get one chance… just one.
I hope you choose happiness and rarely find yourself in the sadness of being full and miserable.
I hope you starve.
Love,
Mom
