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Dear Professor,

Life is rather strange currently, from wondering about what I want to be in life, finding my day
to day goals, fearing the unknown, recovering from emotional damage and much more, the
year 2018 is best described as bittersweet for me. My name is Elvis, my entire life I’ve had to
endure a constant standard of living up to that name. I used to hold disdain towards my name
however, recently I have begun to see it as more of a challenge that I will gladly accept. In my
eyes it is not to live a life with a higher prestige than the former legend but rather to live a life
in which you can look back and be happy of.
The key moment in my life so far has been my recent heartbreak from a relationship of two
years. The reasons and events that happened afterwards were demoralizing and set a heavy
weight on my wellbeing. Luckily the blunt of it happened as finals were over so it did not affect
me academically, unfortunately this meant school was not in session so it left me to endure it
alone. I don’t have any close friends and my relationship with my parents is content at best. For
the better part of the end of the year I was lost within thought searching for answers and
grieving. At such a young age it can seem ridiculous to suffer from heartbreak but after
investing two years into someone you truly saw as different, who was the one person you could
lean on, the loss of that special connection is a special type of pain. How do you forget a person
who you viewed as incomparably beautiful inside and out, well you don’t. I hope I can change
the tone of this letter as I have improved, as new year came closer I made several decisions that
would steer me in the path I chose for myself. After several weeks of allowing myself to release
all emotions I had a slight moment of clarity where I knew I had to make a choice, allow this
moment in life to drive me down a dark path or find the strength to live on and improve myself.
The choice was clear, I would allow this heartbreak to ruin my life drop out of college, give up
on my dreams and live the rest of eternity moving boxes at my beloved job. In all seriousness,
somehow I decided that I have the strength to continue with life by ensuring that I balance my
pain and sadness with an equal amount of happiness. I don’t believe people ever forget
someone they loved or fully recover from pain, instead we become emotionally and mentally
stronger to the point we can live life through it all. I have an immense love for life that for a
while I forgot about but, after several breakdowns I concluded that living a life dictated by the
past instead of my present decisions and situation was borderline idiotic. Once new year’s hit
for 2019 I decided to go out for a drive, it was rainy as if the world cried. Whether it was tears
of sadness or joy I may never know. One thing was certain, I could feel a strange happiness. I
have taken control of my life and have hope for it.
Life is rather strange currently, there are an infinite amount of questions that I desperately
desire to be answered, will I find love, is the guy she is with now better than me, will I pass
Studies in Advanced Curiosity & Deliberate Thinking, will I make any friends, how was I so easy
to let go of, is there a point in life, do I have reason? Leaving somethings unknown is probably
better. I do fear the unknown, I believe that this trait is innate to all who are conscious. How we
act on that fear is what makes our path, I fear it but it excites me. I refuse to believe anything is
set in stone or that we have a destiny we must fulfill. Personally I find that to be a load of…
nonsense. Everyone has the ability to make their own decisions, to make their own purpose in
life. Knowing everything about our lives and the future seems boring, I plan for the future, but I
want to live every day enhancing my happiness whether it be by learning something new or
simply waking up. In the end I don’t believe anyone has a grip on life, we just continue to the
best of our ability. I haven’t told you much about me because that is something that I am still
discovering but I’ll end the letter here. Hello, my name is Elvis, I am a hopeless romantic with a
broken heart and desire to find that connection that won’t complete me but instead reinforce
what I love about life, I am indifferent about school and writing as I am not good at both, I am
god awful at time management and lastly you may never see me without a hat.
It is nice to meet you,
Elvis Velasquez.

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