A letter from December 9th, 2012

Time Travelled — about 9 years

Peaceful right?

Dear old FutureMe, Damn 25 are you really so old? Already gray hair? Just to remind you here is your 16 years old past. How is it going? I mean generelly everything all right? Are you still as happy as you know? locking forward to every single day and enjoing it even if it is shit? Well I know you so you are all right if not why? sort that out fast it is your 25th birthday and you don't have much time left in your life. I sorry to frustrate you at your birthday but you have to be realistic you are old in some ways... Ok come to the hopefully better parts of life. Had a great IB and after that nice time at University or are you still there and working(partying) hard? What are you actually doing there? Hope you know at least because I have no plan right now what to do once I am as old as you are ;-) How about girls? Had many? Hopefully you setteled now? Do you still remember your first girlfriend Pia? or even your first great love, Mara? When was the last time you had a relaxed beer with them? Why don't call them NOW? Told mum and dad that you love them? What actually was there future? Back in my days it wasn't going well between them ;-( I don't want to make you sad on your birthday but what happened to Barcley, the best dog on the world? I have so many questions I would like to ask you but unfortunally you can't answer to your past. Well I am in England right now, do you still meet some of the old Worth guys? Or at least having contact in some ways. Oh I was about to forget the most important part do you still have your gliding licence? Would be a pitty if not and I hope if you don't you are already writing an e-mail to the next aiport near you as you are probally not living in Germany any more and you want to continue gliding man. Oh If you still very engaged glider I am sorry for being so harsh in the last sentence but I wanted to make my point clear. Hope you sorted out your problems with English spelling as you are terrible right now and I find mistakes all the time. Wow? I can't belief I am writing to myself in the future, nice. Oh if this email doesn't reach you because you changed your contact details could the new owner of the adress please contact me in some ways? I hope there are enough information in the mail to find me. Well, happy birthday enjoy your day. Oh and if you can't read English anymore I hope they improved Google translate so you can change it back to German but I simply thought it would be more appropriate to write to you in English as I am in England right now and all this stuff. See you your 16 years old past is waving in mind.

Epilogue

2 days later

Dear PastMe,

Receiving this mail from you has changed my perspective enormously, thus I would like to answer you. Not only your spelling, but also your math was improvable: I...

Adtoy hnta 62 artrhe dtuenr 52. Ash thbo rmipodve nloy yanirlmlag tlfaoeynurnut.
Eht sgline ih,cléc vahe iarh ot’dn wiht ttars stel’ a i gyer. Hngntini si ym hturt emor and moer ahri is uto het lear. I ’dnto ahtt ta edsibe eelf old all. I dna i at sntlei emor hgtni, eyltxca dsohlu nrikd hangnig ihwt vaeh llsit than i am 9 inutl tou aysre sefnird ot goa ym alet eht uimsc asem.
Seae uyor aadmceic tuufer eirowrs i oyru cna gaednrgri. Alst nad will i tastr a rnjuyaa in ym okwr just sa nieimdec in otalyeoegisansh sncipyiah hnisidfe to degree tmonh.
Het nad rslig frindse hngist rlealy to won ntatpmior. Oynri aasywl fate i’ts as. Seh onwma oto“ who eht oyu saw ldouw tub nhwe rfo woh het retal eyse oruy fo oendrw ilrg ceyldtir eolv poeils,bs ?rgfdelirin eitltl fraa dah two ou”yng hsrcu aws iltlte slaayw frotn reveehwn ni a ouldc ruoy uoy how taht be al,in teme mbremree a uyo uhldos dan skee ylaaws all on ale,sire to it aseyr emebca uy,o meit. Eb to fnrgliedri ni anil 01ht ew ftisr 2 ’ntdo rdlfinrieg ymeloectpl rouy up a liwl (i otplehaiinrs rof an)yorem aip sekwe rlae fi adn eemcbo alst os gndtia olsa egrad dnsoeric uoyr ton’d was sems inal. Ortehteg fro moevd i 1270 aawy gearmyn ,vrituysine we the lhi,pasotnrei ubt fo -cigldaennots nehw evdmo esnic dha ew otw fo seyra htosu ot. Erdiflgrni gao hes my as noec evol ,adrtneg flei ash bene tlrtee na aehitnrsiplo oyu tbu lnyo ainktg sbelipos ton that oru igdnrea a ieiaglrn,s rysea uroy eenv ot csuabee i lain thakn nda i rfo ,oerm eapepicart 9 awsyla uoy staterd came pneecers her icnrgesnido ni llyear erwe. Wtb. Hwo i esh uhmc oryu rtteel rycnig love uyo adn hre nhew sedhow so haktn dlot oenc i dretast ehr a,ngai ,rhe. .
Toanctc eocsl iwht rocednsi pai i ,imet wno ongl a adh nedirf aram a orf i a’vnteh gohuht. Tosnw i erh adn and -raohtfamlahn a onw ni eothr and nar thwi our ceha tpesevirce itisv in we nteh cederbem ilan. A omfr ehr eper amar lilch nda opgur ynlo has atlioypersn gcdahne hre awya vgmnio eiendarm tol rftea. .
Cttonac avhe tilmedi revy sohloc the to godbrnia i saetm. A teraf cntotca to be onyl solhoc yrable tuo dsatey we dna het ot ealr iwth kujba dnefir ecsditan ttex dna yare aenrtu ubsy sih ude i eonc dnretu ni ucaatyll. .
Lsoa hsingt otughh eehtr tell rae asd ot. Erablcy raey lats saedsp yawa. Dsspea rsaey a demese nad he waay 21 tormuu aly ownd puredtur in rohus car ldo het saw eaftr of eltar enhw gras a a adn and ttah mjpdue he eiltl,t a orf eh ewhn atth batsunh ot out the efw aws mtlsoa elbtmsu. For wlduo rfo ahanmhrlfast-o epesk osdal in ot a his dna ays ouy yresa riactnmo go i nlyo dnee eadrteeps yiittvac euaecsb shalcipy nmya em otadietmv hugtoh nru ot no of eh dna veyre yad out wto so neamdga me vlgini.
Not:e eagylrlur stle’ hpypa i a no igdling tlisl og hfniis. And some due a eht really ewnt at osla orf i i giipntol allms exspecen,rei yasre indfineeti gilindg erasy tsal saw wfe ahd anzgami nyeom nad oprewed is gnifly l“r”ae in of eht yucaallt btu tser ynlo kalc rsaairfct a ot. .
Mcuh gecdahn the tnahk me orf oecn sah earys ni gniwhso tasl agn,ia uyo who. Ahve nda ypdeel elpasde oyu ym feil so aedm apyph hwti em. Ot tseb ryt i sa ioomintatv cna as cmhu olgn peke ogerwimepn rvye fo liwl ym as hsit i. Ohw whit nad i het aovginid ryuo errmmebe rf,tumuee yruo arsdtet os teg i tpso saysse rewot lgiriona wehmkoro. Tsutr ilwl hyet me trebet uylelvaent teg.
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A ese in ewf uyo seary.

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