Dear 2016,
I have gone through a lot of things with you. A lot more than I've been through before. That's why I feel the need to write you this letter. I want to recount and relive the highlights of our times together.
People say that you're a disaster for all the loss you've given them. You took the entertainers whom we all loved deeply, like Alan Rickman and George Michael. You let Brexit happened and a racist became the president of such a powerful country. And you seem to stop peace from existing with the countless terrorist attack and wars.
But hey, you're not at all a disaster to me. In fact, you're the opposite.
I completely lost myself somewhere along the way. I was hopeless. I stopped believing. I really did. But then I found me again, after the hardships and my all time low. You showed me the people who actually care about me, the people who are worth wasting time with. You taught me that it was time to forgive and let go of all the people who were once those I knew best, but now I barely talk to. You taught me that it's alright to be underestimated as long as I can prove them wrong.
You are a gate of opportunities. Opportunities I thought I didn't deserve. Opportunities I don't dare to miss and opportunities I don't dare to try. I wish you could have hit me harder with the positivity rather than the negativity. You've made me feel utterly anxious and pessimistic that I didn't think I was able to dream again. But now I'd say that I'm glad you did that to me, because you've challenged the fighter in me. And I've won. I've won, haven't I?
You're the one who arranged my meetings with such lovely and amazing people from around the world. The one who reunites me with my loyal friends and family. The one who constantly gave me new adventures to experience. The one who made me put a little more faith in myself in the most far-fetched ways possible.
You're a roller coaster of hopelessness and wishful thinking. A road sign that says 'Paradise'
yet instead led me to an emotional wreck. A labyrinth with tricky
mischief and unbelievable surprises. You're the best friend and arch
enemy blended together.
Through a series of tragedies, you've made me stronger than I've ever been. Being with you might just be the best thing that has ever happened to me.
Thank you. For the countless joy and regret. For the opportunities and misfortunes. And for the highest high and the lowest low you've given me. I feel blessed.
Thank you, once again. And good bye.
Love,
A wishful wanderer.
