Letter From Adult Me To Child Me (4/6/2018)..!
We had a Workshop of self-reflection for a whole day this week, as part of our Counselling Level 5 Course. We then had to read it out to the group and the tutor, this prompted a lot of tears in some cases but generally showed that we have all come a long way and everyone has their own adversity to overcome. It's just that we are all at different points in dealing with our lot.
Here is mine:
Dear Young Jeff,
First of all, congratulations! You make it through childhood, it's not always a great deal of fun but I, by that I mean you, get there.
The first thing that I would encourage is that you trust your own decisions when you advance and grow through life, you will make a very wise observation in your teens and most things from then onwards will be more fun, exciting and generally better for you.
The wankers that infect your childhood now and in the coming years, you do not need to fight them, the best revenge is living well. You will look back and laugh at them and be glad to now know them anymore, jettison them like you would other pieces of shit.
That's not to say that you will ditch your past entirely, people who are worthwhile will still be around, some will leave the planet entirely decades earlier than you would expect but don't worry about that. Try not to be preoccupied with death, life is the number one thing and what you do in it.
Friends and family are the important things, prepare for this life, not the next. As anyone who is religious and claims to know what happens next has faith, a human opinion, no one knows. Accept this, by all means ponder it and debate it but don't get bogged down over who is right, as no one is.
You may think that you will end up alone but ignore that dark voice. You will meet people who will make you even stronger and believe in you and your potential, more than you ever felt possible.
Mum and Dad, despite their incredibly unhealthy lifestyle, will endure and live longer than you expect. As I said, try not to worry too much about death and thank them for all their help, love and weirdness, as that is what will make you interesting and weird in your own way.
Friends are all around, many will be within your life, value them and treat them as you would want to be treated yourself. It takes a while to perfect that one...
Don't let one person with a bad cocaine problem and zero consideration that you may live with colour your judgment of all people. Most are wonderful in many ways. The others, cut them out like the Cancers they are. Essentially, sometimes it is hard but be positive.
Jeff
P.S. Worry not, The Simpsons never ends!
Here is mine:
Dear Young Jeff,
First of all, congratulations! You make it through childhood, it's not always a great deal of fun but I, by that I mean you, get there.
The first thing that I would encourage is that you trust your own decisions when you advance and grow through life, you will make a very wise observation in your teens and most things from then onwards will be more fun, exciting and generally better for you.
The wankers that infect your childhood now and in the coming years, you do not need to fight them, the best revenge is living well. You will look back and laugh at them and be glad to now know them anymore, jettison them like you would other pieces of shit.
That's not to say that you will ditch your past entirely, people who are worthwhile will still be around, some will leave the planet entirely decades earlier than you would expect but don't worry about that. Try not to be preoccupied with death, life is the number one thing and what you do in it.
Friends and family are the important things, prepare for this life, not the next. As anyone who is religious and claims to know what happens next has faith, a human opinion, no one knows. Accept this, by all means ponder it and debate it but don't get bogged down over who is right, as no one is.
You may think that you will end up alone but ignore that dark voice. You will meet people who will make you even stronger and believe in you and your potential, more than you ever felt possible.
Mum and Dad, despite their incredibly unhealthy lifestyle, will endure and live longer than you expect. As I said, try not to worry too much about death and thank them for all their help, love and weirdness, as that is what will make you interesting and weird in your own way.
Friends are all around, many will be within your life, value them and treat them as you would want to be treated yourself. It takes a while to perfect that one...
Don't let one person with a bad cocaine problem and zero consideration that you may live with colour your judgment of all people. Most are wonderful in many ways. The others, cut them out like the Cancers they are. Essentially, sometimes it is hard but be positive.
Jeff
P.S. Worry not, The Simpsons never ends!