A letter from May 15th, 2016

Peaceful right?

Dear Chris, I think the chances of you remembering this email are slim, but in reading it you might remember how you felt while writing it. I don't know what you're doing with your life right now, or who your friends are, but hopefully things are different rom how they are today. Right now, as I sit here typing this to you, I can't help but feel underwhelmed by our life. We always aspired to great things, to some fantastical career and glorious social life and so far, from where I am... we haven't achieved it. I hope we're a little closer now. We work in a cafe, in the uni we graduated from two years ago. That is definitely not something we ever saw ourselves doing. Two years have already gone by (well, three for you now) and what have we got to show for it. We have a place to live, we have a few friends, but otherwise, what does our life consist of? We go between work and home, home and work, day in, day out. Nothing ever changes for us. I hope that where you are, that we're making better decisions and moving closer to a more fulfilling life. I hope that you take better care of yourself, that you treat your body and your mind with more respect. I hope that you spend every day working towards something beautiful. I hope you remember how you felt writing this and I hope you never let yourself get back to that position ever again. From a version of you I hope is nothing more than a distant memory, Chris

Epilogue

over 5 years later

Hi Chris,

Things have changed a lot. You are now a long distance along from the university cafe and you have taken great...

Rstdesi a earl noti rrecae. Your 'ntrea lwli eec,rar tub ouy illw you hits avhe ytlrneie fdeieytiln tawh lot end het uroy rfo fi is seur yuo tser ofmr a tmei fo pu ldeeran digno.
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A uoy tnwa konw cplae ni gedchan oyu ryev inshtg to onw eeidtnffr i and ttha era. Eary nad a ewre old 32 rea evmrodpi rvye ouy a htan 92 dol fieterfnd oyu ryae gntihs. Uory ot os rpta who yuo saw it ouy hapyp si are rae of wiht life eryev adn fdtrenief hwo tmasol. Rd,neisf odog a btu a erfc,tep with thsing nta'er a ielv r,onesp and ni rceear era yuo htat godo oogd omeh you ur,es. ,tpo aer fyilteedni no the you ta yuo icmlb utb netr'a eth.
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Kaent dna hucm i whos aevh you udolw i shiw yuo dna hnitsg og pslea who bcak clodu nghcae uchs. Dale oyu dna oernps oulcd ese i olcdu oyu uoy het ifle hte see iwsh oeebmc. Lal taht i wsih ti wohtr oyu aws it kwon doclu. Ighnt of evyre vyree of rtaycitunn,e ,surenu lfneige euntmi ilboherr eveyr ireepcexne. I leads ti hrwee ot lal won am. It asw it lal rohtw. Yuo taht see oducl i swih. .

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