A letter to the future

During the week I was invited to picture the face of a child I know and write them a letter intended for them to read in 25 years time.

Here is my letter:

Dear You,
     
Take your own footsteps,
find your own voice and trust your own intuition.
Take your passion and weave
your story into the stories of those around you.
The stories of your friends, family and others you meet
along the twisting swirling mysterious path of life that
includes the stories of the trees, plants, animals,
rivers, mountains, rocks; the entire living community.

Dance, sing, laugh and celebrate.
Don't turn away from pain and suffering.
Gentle lean into it.
Look fiercely into its eyes until you can see
the gift being offered to you.
Share those gifts, your gifts with others.

Seek to be in the flow and cycles of life
to notice all the seasons and what they bring.
Above all participate with an open heart
without fear of harm to yourself or others.
And know that everything will change eventually.

We are part of an impermanent co-arising
seeking to experience ourselves in communion
and awareness - simply enjoy being yourself.
Know through your own experience
that it is love and open heartedness
that connects us all in an inseparable bond.

You are never alone.
I am in you as you are in me.
With all my love always,
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