Dear self,

You've been on this website since starting college peering at the messages and it's been on and off writing things and reading things that other people have written. You're an adult now, but still merely a child. Still single. Still bruised by life. And as always, still learning and growing.

The biggest advice I have for you is to remember to keep loving yourself and if you're patient enough, love will come even though the pressure is great from society. It's important to be happy on your own and to find someone that adds to your life with the enthusiasm and positivity that you have. Times are hard, but remember to be grateful and to stay strong even though you don't feel it.

You still believe that people were put in your life for a reason and that the connections you've made taught you lessons..even though they weren't necessarily the ones you wanted to learn.

Please continue to stay open and have hope. I'm confident that good things are yet to come.

XOXO,

Your forever lover who will never leave your side