A letter from Sep 23, 2024

Dear Mily, How do you fare in these darkening times? Are we still overwhelmed with the thought of graduation? Or, perhaps, are we now giddy and filled with glee of the topic? Are we ready to escape school, away from the drama of a social life? How are our friends? Has Aarush and Jonathan successfully pulled away from us yet? Has everyone pulled away from us? Is Danielle really going to stick around, or are you going to push her away too? Do you even find joy in your friendship with her anymore? Are you so selfish that you'd give up the one healthy relationship you have for others who you struggle to maintain friendship with, and that affects your mental health? No, no of course you haven't. You know better, unless she grew to know better than you and saw the growing distance. She'll see it eventually, and she'll cut ties too. It won't hurt her, because she'll have accepted it while you still sit wallowing in self-pity. Oh but wait, that's right, you have the other's shoulders to cry on. Boo-hoo, get over it, they can't comfort you. They'll laugh in your face. They'll say "it's fine, you'll get over it - just stop letting it affect you". They'll move on and bounce about with energy, they'll ravage of life in your wallowing epitome. Then when you start to feel okay again, they'll leave their lies of light and grow into their shells of dark until you get dragged back under again. So I'll ask you again; were they all toxic all along? Is this like a Shakespeare play? Are there multiple interpretations of this situation? If you want my answer right now, I'd say yes. I would say everything in life is a Shakespeare play, actually. People have been guided away from seeing paradoxes, and have grown to see two lines of right and wrong. But really, those are just very blurred lines of obscurites and paradoxes; there is no correct interpretation of life, there is only the truth and reality of our actions and how we perceive them. We do not live the life of the world, we live the life of what other people want from us or what we want from ourselves. Congratulations, Mily, I think I just figured out things beyond your recognition at the time of writing this. I think I just discovered secrets you need to explore for me. I suppose I'll leave it there, then. Let me know how you do, what happens with the others, and if we learn anything else. Regards, Mily