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In 1994 I wrote a letter. I stuck it in an envelope, put it away and completely forgot about it.
It wasn't until we moved into our new home in 2006 that I found it again. It was addressed to me with explicit instructions not to open until my birthday 2005. It was now 2006 so I decided to open it. This is what it said:
Dear Sherri
By the time you read this you will be 30. At the age of 18 I had so many hopes and dreams about where you'd be, what you'd be doing and with whom you'd spend your life with.
Right now I hope that you have traveled and seen everything you've always wanted to, both in Canada and overseas, and maybe even settled down somewhere in Australia doing some research in the field of biology (genetics).
I hope you're married to the man of your dreams. The man of mine is Gwynn. He is originally from South Africa (another place I wish to visit).
You'll probably have two children of your own – a girl(Michaela Anne) and a boy (name yet to be decided).
If everything goes according to plan you'll be living in Australia in a big house
in a small town outside of a big city with a lot of land, a dog, Gwynn and your two beautiful children. Hopefully you have a career in the medical field, maybe doing research in genetics. Gwynn will be a computer programmer and you will be doing alright for yourselves.
However, if things don't go according to plan for you, I wish you all the love, happiness and joy in the world and don't settle for anything less than the best since that is absolutely what you deserve.
Live long, be happy and live life to it's fullest. Love Sherri \
When I read this for the first time since writing it I was floored. Even now having dug this up again another 4 years later I still can't help but think this is really cool.
So much of what I wanted for myself has materialized.
?I did travel to a few more places in Canada although I haven't seen everything I'd like to.
?I did marry the man of my dreams and yes he still is my one and only. ?I've traveled to the UK, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.
?I lived in Australia for nearly 4 years in a big house, in a small suburb, in a major city (close enough).
?I had a career in Biology in the field of genetics for 10 years. ?I have two lovely kids – both boys (names now decided).
?I have not one dog but two dogs. Both yellow labs from Australia. ?Gwynn is a computer programmer. ?We are doing okay for ourselves.
After writing this I quickly forgot about what I had put in here actually. The things that materialized were all met with quite a bit of resistance (all internal) but I suppose these were things that I really did want. Having never strayed too far from home overseas travel was a huge deal. Having never been away from my family moving to Australia for several years was an incredibly huge decision.
I find it fascinating how the dreams of a young and naive little girl can become a grown woman's reality.
I'm curious if you guys have ever written anything to your future self and how it stacks up to your current reality. If you haven't, will you join me in writing a letter now to yourself in say 10 years from now? It's an interesting little experiment.
1994年我写了一封信。我把它插在信封里,把它收好,完全忘了。
直到2006年我们搬进了新家,我才发现了它。它是写给我明确指示不开放直到我的生日2005年。现在是2006年,所以我决定打开它。这就是它所说的:
亲爱的雪莉先生
当你读这本书的时候,你将是30岁。在18岁的时候,我有很多希望和梦想,关于你在哪里,你在做什么,和你一起度过你的生活。
现在我希望你已经旅行,看到了你一直想要的东西,无论是在加拿大还是在海外,甚至可能在澳大利亚某个地方定居,在生物学领域(遗传学)做一些研究。
我希望你嫁给了你梦想的人。我的那个人是格温。他原籍是南非(我希望访问的另一个
地方)。
你可能有两个孩子——一个女孩(麦克拉Anne)和一个男孩(名字尚待决定)。 如果一切按照计划,你将生活在澳大利亚的一个大房子在一个大城市外面有很多土地,狗,格温和你的两个美丽的孩子。希望你在医学领域有一个职业,也许在遗传学方面做研究。格温将是一个计算机程序员,你将为自己做好准备。
然而,如果事情不符合你的计划,我祝你在世界上所有的爱、幸福和快乐,不要满足于最好的事情,因为那是你应得的。
活得长久,快乐,活得充实。 爱情“18”
当我第一次读到这篇文章的时候,我被难倒了。甚至在4年后的今天,我仍然不能帮助,但认为这真的很酷。
我想为自己做的事情已经实现了。
?我确实到过加拿大的几个地方,虽然我还没有看到我喜欢的东西。 ?我确实嫁给了我的梦想的人,是的,他仍然是我的唯一。 ?我曾前往英国、南非、澳大利亚和新西兰。
?我在澳大利亚住了将近4年,在一个大房子里,在一个小郊区,在一个大城市(足够近)。 ?我在遗传学领域有十年的生物学生涯。
?我有两个可爱的孩子——两个男孩(现在都决定取名)。 ?我没有一只狗,而是两只狗。两个来自澳大利亚的黄色实验室。 ?是一个计算机程序员。 ?我们为自己做了好事。
写完这篇文章后,我很快忘记了我在这里放的东西。物化的东西都遇到了一些阻力(所有的内部),但我认为这些是我真正想要的东西。从来没有远离家乡的海外旅行是一个巨大的交易。几年来从未离开过我的家人搬到澳大利亚是一个非常巨大的决定。
我发现,一个年轻而天真的小女孩的梦想如何能成为一个成熟的女人的现实。 我很好奇你们是否写过任何东西给未来的自我,以及它如何与你当前的现实。如果你没有,你会和我一起写信给你说10年后吗?这是一个有趣的小实验。