Dear 2023,
Let me start this letter with a warm welcome. We all have been waiting for a year already! (Please ignore my love for dad jokes and bear with me as I talk about what you mean to me.) Last year was one of the toughest ones in my life. I called off a long-term relationship, lost some friends, and found myself more clueless than ever. So, when the clock struck 12 of December 31st, I could feel my heart beating faster.
Sure, I can be a cynic and say that it is just a new date and nothing changes. As Hollywood star Rober Clark said, “I would say Happy New Year but it’s not happy; it’s exactly the same as last year except colder.” But this year, I am a little drunk on optimism and I am going to be relentlessly positive.
So, thank you for being the clean slate that I desperately needed. I know I am already putting too much pressure on you but trust me I don’t want a lot. All I am asking for is courage and love. I hope I leave the pain, the heartbreaks, and the losses behind, but carry the lessons of 2022 with me.
I hope that I understand that ‘bad’ mistakes don’t exist. They are just mistakes and the lessons you learn from them. I hope I find it in me to give myself the love that I have looked for in other people. Dear 2023, remind me that I am worthy of it all.
This new year, I am not asking for my life to get easier, but for resilience to look at the hardships and march forward. In 2023, I hope I take the chance to know myself on a deeper level and turn into a kinder version of myself.
In 2022, the only lesson I learned was that it is important to trust, love, and have faith. Can you please help me carry it forward?
Yours truly,
A hopeless optimist!
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