#4 Finding a letter in your mailbox.

I don't mean e-mails. I don't mean adverts. I don't mean the magazines you subscribed.

I mean real, actual letters written by real, actual people. People who took their time to sit down over a piece of paper and write down their thoughts and feelings. People who give you something you can hold on to. And isn't it the most sensational feeling, finding old letters that you almost forgot about years later and re-reading them?

I think it's a shame that our generation has neglected the habit of writing letters. Letters are emotions captured on paper, not just pixels dancing around on your screen.
Maybe we should take some time and tell the people we love how much we really appreciate them. In a letter. We take way too many people for granted. Whatever you feel, whatever you want to tell somebody, do it today. Tomorrow is never guaranteed.

#3 Finding a song that perfectly matches the mood you're in.

Someone once said "Where words fail, music speaks."
Everyone knows this feeling. It's a huge relief when you find a song that expresses your thoughts and feelings perfectly, especially if you feel like no one in the world understands you. Because you're not alone. Never.
This is why music saves lives. People relate to the lyrics and for those 3 minutes, a beautiful connection between the artist and the listener builds up; something magical, invisible, only tangible for the person who actually understands everything that the artist is trying to say. Music gives us hope. Music helps us understand. Music helps us get through rough times and make plans for the future.
And last but not least, music captures certain emotions and expresses them in a way that words never will.



Mia Carruthers - Waiting

Yann Tiersen - Comptine d'Un Autre Été

#2 Growing apart from someone, then growing back together.

It's the worst feeling in the world when you slowly grow apart from someone who means the world to you. You can feel it happening, every single part of your consciousness is screaming "No, please, this can't be real.", but in the end, there's nothing you can do to stop this whole process. It's natural. People make new experiences, get to know new people and change.
Change is good. Change is necessary. But change leads to hearts being broken and best friends growing apart from each other, even if none of them ever saw this coming, let away wanted this to happen.
So you start to miss them, or rather the person they were when things were still beautiful and simple. You start to look at old pictures and wonder what went wrong and if you could have done something to save your relationship. No, you couldn't.
But then something changes. You start to talk to them again, maybe send them a text when something randomly reminds you of them. And then, in the blink of an eye, you're close again and it feels so indescribably good to finally have them back.
So eventually, growing apart is not as bad as you think. Sometimes you must first miss something to learn to appreciate it. And when you have it back, you will never want to let it go.

#1 Looking at old pictures.

We all have these moments where we just wish to rewind time, because the present never seems half as beautiful as the past. This is why every photograph is a blessing. It captures the moment perfectly and even months, years, decades later, when everything has changed, they still remain the same. The people in it do, too.

And now I'll just let these pictures speak.