I Met my Older Self for Coffee

 There was a trend a few months ago. It was "I met my younger self for coffee. So I hopped on the trend and wrote one. But then I realized, I'm still so young! 

I feel overwhelmed and sometimes hopeless. What can I even tell my younger self? 

Well of course a lot. But I felt my current self needed some encouragement. So I thought what would it be like to meet my older self. To look ahead and realize that the problems I'm facing now may not be as big or scary anymore when I'm older. I'll know more, I'll experience more. 

And that gives me hope. 

So here it is. 

I met my older self for coffee

She came more on time then I did, though still a few minutes late. 

I don't know what she ordered, maybe a hot coffee, maybe she still liked it iced. 

She looked pretty much the same, but calmer. 

I sat down dejected , frustrated

How did you get out of our bad habits? 

I'm in a loop again and again

Doing better, then falling again. 

She smiled at me, said, darling that's life but I'm telling you that something's do get a little easier and it doesn't happen in a day. 

I marveled at her calmness, her settledness

I asked her, so your really doing it? 

Your managing a home? 

She laughed, it's a journey, one day at a time, sometimes one moment. One step in front of the other. 

She looked at me with pride and said, we were always able to do it. 

Maybe not in the exact way you envisioned. 

But I believe in you. 

She gave me a warm, nurturing loving hug and said, hang in there. 

Your gonna be ok. Your gonna learn how to do it, and didn't you just tell a kid, “it's ok, making mistakes is how we learn, we can't always get it perfect. “ 

We left, wishing each other much success.