Dear Younger Self,
There are so many things, I wish I knew back then but now am
more mature and experience, when I was a teenager, I had good couples of childhood
friends both at church, neighborhood and school.
I wish I knew the definition of love and lust and someone
could have talked to me about sex and relationship, I was brought up by a goodly
parent and beautiful family who were spiritual and I was mostly indoor and
whenever am going out, my sister would give me a short skirt, which dad would
frown at because he dislikes immodesty and I have to wear a cloth that is not
revealing but when dad is not around. I go back to my short skirt, I used to be
a very good dancer and I can’t dance that way anymore.
I remember when I started having nipples, it was really
funny, it was at ten years or maybe eleven years, I can’t remember and my
Ghanaian friend Rebecca was making jest of my small breast because it was growing.
I can’t remember my first kiss but I had the worst prom ever,
it was terrible, I felt uncomfortable and went home crying, not the perfect date,
my dinner gown was bad and I wished things would have been different but am
grateful for the experience.
I want you to know that rushing into a relationship, is not the best for you because guys are always going
to come around you but the most importance is patience, waiting for that time,
I can’t say the right time but you will know and sometimes it just flows, I
don’t want to talk about my ex, break-up and the rest, it hurt to remember but
have move on and am damn proud of my older self.
Stop trying to impress people or giving a crap what they
think about you and start living life and loving all of you.
Be happy, no matter how the day turns out to be, keep
smiling always, there will always be a good and really annoying day but is part
of life that build us to become stronger and better.
Never fall for the bad guys because it hurt deeply when a
good guy approach you and he loves you dearly, don’t let such kind of men slip
off from you, with time, your feelings for him will grow and you get really
jealous when you realize, he should have been yours.
Be obedient to your elders, their words of advice have a
great impact in your life and never be disrespectful to them.
Treat people with kindness, respect, love and good attitude,
don’t be a snob or a proud individual, always be you, wherever you go. The
world is small and we don’t know what tomorrow will be.
I wish you the best and learn to forgive and forget to free
yourself from pain, guilt, sorrow and sadness instead replace it with finding
peace and happiness, by doing things that make you feel alive, stay away from
negative people and surround yourself with positive people.
Bye younger self, I love you so much and I want you to have
fun and explore life with fire in your eyes.
Cheers,
Bimpe