pay it forward

i feel like ive met you before, somewhere, sometime, when we were younger. it was summer, we were carefree, and over the weeks we were learning about clay and pottery and photography and sculptures. we would work together on our little assignments, and it was an adventure with you, always. you were curious and silly and talented. i see now, who i like to believe is you, is a woman. after we have grown up, we are still the same ourselves, but we are pretty different from each other. you are very wise for still being so young, and i look up to you. you're a lot like someone i'd want to be, and you were back then as well, if i wasnt already myself. i also think we are pretty similar though. i see it, even if you don't. we are both self aware and consider the consequences of our actions. we see the big picture. like myself, you think that there are simple and obvious solutions to huge social issues, but the problem is the collective state. we havent figured it out, how to all work together towards the change. its challenging, i know, because people are opinionated and intolerant, and often its very frustrating. i reassure myself by saying that even though the number of people i can influence or help is relatively small, there is always a ripple effect.