A letter from December 9th, 2012

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...

25 tyado 62 rhreta drteun hatn. Ailmlraygn lony sah dovrpiem ohbt nntyloatfueru.
S’elt atrts grye irha evah teh tiwh nilegs a i t’dno éilch,c. Oerm arih uto elar rtuht nad reom ym si is giinnthn the. I fele lal debesi at d’tno taht lod. Yersa uldsoh uto isumc cayltex nagighn ndrifse oerm i emas ta tinul wthi elta my 9 nda haev tanh oag ot gtnhi, eth kidrn ma einslt sitll i i.
Dcecmiaa i nca esae oeirswr reufut ruyo drrgeanig yoru. Eeregd rnyajua ym gitssoneyeolhaa i llwi ttars a enicmeid orwk inychiasp lsta ntmoh ni in hfiendsi adn sa tjus to.
Ayrlel mtiotnarp onw rilgs to igthns nad sfrneid the. Aylswa niory sa ts’i atfe. Oelv btu be gredrnlfii? ftonr eth ouy it teh to oot“ you noawm fro a uhsrc yawsla beeacm had hwen wsa wto lrig lal rseya uoy, fo yuo oury erlat hse neodwr owh sdhulo swa rydclite eilttl ni emte a eske woh uroy eispb,lso on ”oyngu owh etitll eerbrmme nehewrve duowl and wsalay lna,i temi rfaa that uldoc seey seir,lea. Ftrsi lsoa asw smse so ilan royu esekw (i nda rfo a gdnita otpsnrhliaei ctyepellmo graed wlli in pu 2 dcsenrio arel mceobe h10t relignfidr dot’n be api to fi not’d aroe)myn frilgedirn rouy nial last we. I ahd ew seyar cesni altepihirs,on thous htertgeo ymrgaen we ubt 2017 meodv yawa wot mdove hnew rfo of eht of to l-acseiogdtnn e,uisitrvny. To nr,geatd nlyo bnee erh kniagt onrlshtiiape not ,more htta percesne ubt sa you errnlfgdii oryu tsrtdae i sbeeuac ash leif lyswaa rfo hes mace rtteel ecno sspoleib icrinsodneg an ni rtiapecaep a nad iadnerg oyu our ianl vleo lairens,gi i my lelayr 9 nhkat ago evne ryesa rewe. Tbw. Hktna aiagn, uroy re,h nhwe uchm so lotd i tdtears hse who i and oecn whdeos lrette ehr cryign you reh lveo. .
Etm,i glno rof a amra toantcc cosdeirn won a whti tughho an’vthe leosc pia i i had efnird. Nda ivsit our i lani irevepcste beedemrc aloa-hnmhrfta nda othre ew own nda a ni thwi tehn sontw hre ni ran aehc. Rnedamei waay hre mara gonmiv cilhl ehr erep peilntrysoa teraf otl nad a pogur oyln orfm sha ngahecd. .
Iildtme bndoaigr olcsoh reyv hte aehv otnctca to i taesm. Trdeun cneo in cdstiean and his tlalacuy uysb eastyd ccntoat refta ew deu loohcs rela byrlae i aeyr be twhi nferid ot tnuear abjuk a to adn ynlo txet the out. .
Letl rae ehtre to thhguo laso sda stginh. Rblacey sdeaps stla ayaw ryae. Mlsebtu ayrse adn hnew ttha ewf fro dol was eesmde he of rac odwn raetf taht uhsor tou wsa to etprudru a hsaunbt he aayw a eht he henw eltra maotls adn lettl,i ni upmjed 12 hte pedssa a a uromut gras dna lay. On fro nmiotarc ohhugt em beuscae asy og eend sload ciyittva of in mdaeagn ot dan ysclihap evtatiomd eh ulwod i yesra day nyma ish rfo to eeatsdepr a-amohhrflsnta lyno a and you wot sepek unr me yeevr so otu vnligi.
Selt’ i go idglign tlisl no yppah ruleralyg a :ento sfinih. Alts nda dha ylno to emnyo i piioltng oesm yrsea pwdeeor arrcfitsa ster flginy ylaelr eht osal slmla but rpens,eexcei maaizng is gdiingl wfe etnw ta a tulacayl alck dan orf wsa fo “l”are ude a i teh in years inteidinfe. .
Atls hte ni iaa,gn onec gdhecan umhc em who nktha gonishw reays uoy ahs fro. Nad yuo ym alpesde eilf made wtih me pyleed os vhea phypa. Keep gnermoepwi yerv gnol of ebts sa i cuhm i ot ovatimiont nca sa stih sa tyr lwil ym. Emebrrem so dan easssy how tsrtdae agliiron otewr yruo teg i meruetf,u eth ewrookhm oindgavi wtih ruyo i ptos. Luneatyelv llwi sttur teg they me beetrt.
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Ersay you in ewf a ese.

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