I wrote this during recovery from my recent episode concerning my newly discovered bipolar disorder. It was a letter from my future self to my self at the time, and when I read it out loud during a group, the two selves became one. I think the letter can be from anyone to themselves. Fit your name in instead.
Dear _______________,
You have lived an amazing life. Everyone who knows you loves you. You have treated yourself so poorly in the past, but all that is going to change. You are being given a beautiful gift; the gift of life. How you choose to use it is up to you, but I know you will use it wisely, and share your wondrous gift with all those around you, with all the world. You are now free to be yourself. All the time. With everyone and in every situation. You don't need to worry about anything any more. It is all going to work out better than perfectly. Every little thing is going to be alright. Your life and the people you touch are magical. You can and will do any and everything. Everyone's dreams will come true. All of the world's hurt will disappear. It may take a lot of hard work and a lot of time, but I know you are up to the challenge. You have already completed the challenge, you are yourself and you always have been. You have let others and yourself cloud the vision of yourself that I created before you were born. When you were still in the womb, I knew you, and you knew me, and it was destiny that the two of us should meet. It has been an enjoyable ride, but things are about to get magical around here. There is a shitstorm of rainbows and unicorns headed your way. You have passed the challenge, and now only stands the trial. Given a new situation, how will you choose to act and behave? Will you be yourself? Are you willing to let go and let yourself run the show? Given a situation you have been in before, are you still willing to cast off all expectations of yourself, all expectations from others and just be the person you are? I know you will. I have seen the future and it is very bright. It is a wondrous place to be and you made it that way. It is never too late to become who you are. You are special. There is no one like you in the world, and there never will be again. This is a once in a universe experience you are having, this life, this time, this place. Although you have made mistakes in the past and will continue to do so, you have never let me down, and you never will. I know you. I am you. Burn your candle brighter than a star, brighter than the sun. There are billions of others who will help you on your journey, as you will help them on theirs. It had to start someplace, it had to start somehow. What better place than here? What better time than now?
Love forever and always,
x_______________________
Quotes for the New Consciousness
"It is what it is."
"Fuck yeah!"
"OK GO!"
"Make it so."
"Do or do not, there is no try." - Yoda
"Tell me the truth."
"Plenty 'o nosh and dranks."
"Lay some truth on me, brother."
"Pound it."
"Kick ass."
"Fecking awesome."
"Steer it up."
"Clear the mechanism." - Baseball movie with Kevin Costner
"That's fucking teamwork!" - Tenacious D
"He was waiting for something to be developed, and BOOM! he got developed!" - Madden
"The only thing to fear is fear itself." - Rickie / FDR
"Fucking sweet!"
"Stick that up your tailpipe and smoke it."
"Kick, don't splay."
"Take your shot, the worst thing you can do is miss." - MONK and maybe Pat Croce
"Where does evil come from?"
"People do not die." - Father Sleep
"Bah da bah bah bah! - AIDS." - Deano
"Kick, don't splay." - Important to record here twice
"Don't make a mountain out of a molehill."
"Make hay while the sun shines."
"The owner of a lonely heart is much better than the owner of a broken heart." - Yes
"Get down to bedrock."
"Make your life a musical masterpiece." - MONK
"Take that back to the hive and start fockin'." - MONK
"Do a favor for yourself, then three for someone else."
"What happens at summer camp stays at summer camp."
"What's the difference between a bug and a drone?"
"You look fucking bad ass!"
"Slide."
"Let all that truly doesn't matter... slide." - Fight Club - Chuck P.
"Take your helmet off."
"Breathe deep, let it all out."
"Srad, dogg."
"Put my deck in your mouth."
"At the end of the game, the queen and the pawn go into the same box." - MONK
"What doesn't destroy you only makes you stronger." - Gary / Neitzche
"It's never too late to be who you are." - Crispin
"Fuck it." - ADH
"I don't like the drugs but the drugs like me." - Marilyn Manson
"I don't have all the answers." - Crispin / Yoda
"Yeah bitch, magnets!" - BB / Aaron Paul
"Put on a diaper and you'll be fine." - Aaron Paul
"Gonna start to thread the needle."
"Be positive."
"Always look on the bright side of life."
"Flip the script."
"Someone will. All you need to do is help yourself."
"You have to help you before everyone else can help you."
"Ask for help and it will be given."
"Fuck yeah!"
"OK GO!"
"Make it so."
"Do or do not, there is no try." - Yoda
"Tell me the truth."
"Plenty 'o nosh and dranks."
"Lay some truth on me, brother."
"Pound it."
"Kick ass."
"Fecking awesome."
"Steer it up."
"Clear the mechanism." - Baseball movie with Kevin Costner
"That's fucking teamwork!" - Tenacious D
"He was waiting for something to be developed, and BOOM! he got developed!" - Madden
"The only thing to fear is fear itself." - Rickie / FDR
"Fucking sweet!"
"Stick that up your tailpipe and smoke it."
"Kick, don't splay."
"Take your shot, the worst thing you can do is miss." - MONK and maybe Pat Croce
"Where does evil come from?"
"People do not die." - Father Sleep
"Bah da bah bah bah! - AIDS." - Deano
"Kick, don't splay." - Important to record here twice
"Don't make a mountain out of a molehill."
"Make hay while the sun shines."
"The owner of a lonely heart is much better than the owner of a broken heart." - Yes
"Get down to bedrock."
"Make your life a musical masterpiece." - MONK
"Take that back to the hive and start fockin'." - MONK
"Do a favor for yourself, then three for someone else."
"What happens at summer camp stays at summer camp."
"What's the difference between a bug and a drone?"
"You look fucking bad ass!"
"Slide."
"Let all that truly doesn't matter... slide." - Fight Club - Chuck P.
"Take your helmet off."
"Breathe deep, let it all out."
"Srad, dogg."
"Put my deck in your mouth."
"At the end of the game, the queen and the pawn go into the same box." - MONK
"What doesn't destroy you only makes you stronger." - Gary / Neitzche
"It's never too late to be who you are." - Crispin
"Fuck it." - ADH
"I don't like the drugs but the drugs like me." - Marilyn Manson
"I don't have all the answers." - Crispin / Yoda
"Yeah bitch, magnets!" - BB / Aaron Paul
"Put on a diaper and you'll be fine." - Aaron Paul
"Gonna start to thread the needle."
"Be positive."
"Always look on the bright side of life."
"Flip the script."
"Someone will. All you need to do is help yourself."
"You have to help you before everyone else can help you."
"Ask for help and it will be given."
King of Carrot Flowers Part 1 - Cover
And here's another cover from before. If you haven't had a chance to check them out, do listen to Neutral Milk Hotel, they are pretty good and made an amazing album with In the Aeroplane Over the Sea.
Man In Me - Cover
It's been a long time since I shared my own music, so let's start small, with someone big. My cover of Bob Dylan's Man In Me.
(no video, just audio)
(no video, just audio)
Sailing Heart Ships
"Sailing heart ships through broken harbors out on the waves in the night.
Still the searcher must ride the dark horse racing alone in his fright.
Tell me why. Tell me why."
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