Dear you,

There have been plenty of times when I thought that others were wrong. Maybe it is wrong of me to say such a thing, but I think it is true nonetheless. If I keep my thoughts to myself, maybe it won't be that wrong?

Maybe it would be better if I wasn't so known. Maybe it would be better if I had just kept to myself, then it wouldn't have turned out like this.

Maybe it doesn't matter to you, you think. But I think that it does.

People put others on pedestals, on higher platforms, thinking their role models some sort of perfect being. I don't think that role models are bad, per say. Their existence doesn't be condemned to some sort of scum.
It shouldn't be like, ew, role models. You don't have one, right?

But when we place others on pedestals, we forget that they are human too.

I think that honesty begins to fade in such a situation. We are blind to other's faults and are far too weary of our own in comparison.

Who knows? Maybe they think of you in their spare time and how they could be more like you.

I like to think that we can be innocent creatures who can sense both strength and weakness. It's not that pursuing a better version of ourselves is bad, really. But by forgetting about the true nature of humanity, we lose ourselves in the process. We lose sight of others. We lose sight of everything we could be, really.

I can't say everything in such a silly letter like this. I can't possibly say everything even if you gave me my entire lifetime. But I'd like to think that humanity can push to be better. I'd like to think that we can change ourselves when we think we are wrong, that another way is better. I'd like to think that we're better than those who choose to stay ignorant and wrong.

So I won't give you my name. Even though you have probably heard of me, I'd like to think that you don't put me on such a pedestal.

I'd like you to think of everyone with emotions, ranging from the happiness that's probably a cover-up to their sadness and fears, that they get joyful and angry too. That they have days when they're not feeling their best, and days when they do. I'd like for everyone to think of everyone that way. To be able to see each other at their most vulnerable, and be able to say, it's just a bad day for them, or that they need help, and maybe I can help them a little. And to give everyone a smile, to say thank you to those that extend you little common courtesies, to say I'm sorry when you make a mistake, to forgive those that say I'm sorry, and to be able to accept everyone no matter what state they're in.

I'd like to think that that's such a world that we'd like to live in.

Sincerely,

another human being