Write a letter to your 100-year-old self.
Letter to My 100-Year-Old Self
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Dear Hundred-Year-Old Me,
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Well… look at you.
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A whole century of living
and you’re still here.
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I hope you aged like good stories do —
a little wrinkled,
a little mysterious,
and completely uninterested
in nonsense.
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First of all,
I hope you finally learned
that loving people is beautiful…
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but chasing them
is extremely bad cardio.
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Please tell me you stopped
trusting people blindly.
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Eyes are for seeing, darling —
not for closing
while handing your heart away.
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I hope by now
you mastered the ancient art of saying:
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“No.”
Without an essay afterwards.
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And I hope you kept
that dangerous habit
of respecting yourself
even when the world preferred
you smaller.
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Some people call it selfish.
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I call it
excellent maintenance.
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Tell me something.
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Did you finally become
that woman you kept imagining?
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The one who walks into a room
like she owns the silence
before she even says a word.
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Calm.
Magnetic.
Beautiful in the quiet way
that storms are beautiful
from a safe distance.
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I hope you loved people deeply.
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But I hope you also remembered
a very important rule:
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Love everyone if you wish…
but if they don’t return it,
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do not stand at their door
like unpaid emotional staff.
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Close the gate.
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Water your own garden.
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Flowers grow better
without begging.
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And please tell me
you kept your humor.
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Because life without sarcasm
is basically
a long motivational speech.
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Also, dear ancient queen,
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I hope you are still buying notebooks
you absolutely don’t need.
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Some habits
should never be cured.
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Most importantly,
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I hope you became
that beautiful woman
who is calm not because life was easy,
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but because she finally realized
she is enough company
for her own soul.
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And if anyone ever doubted you—
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I hope you smiled politely
and continued being magnificent
out of pure stubbornness.
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With love,
confidence,
and a little dramatic flair,
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Your younger self
who is still learning
how to become you.
—Rajeshwari🧿💕
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