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Letter to my grandchild

Be happy

By Julie MurrowPublished 2 years ago 1 min read
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Darling, you’ll grow up and have the whole world at your feet. There’ll be so many things to do and people you can meet. Be a famous scientist or paint a work of art. Explore another planet if that’s what fills your heart. Be a political activist. Stand and join the fight for refugees and animals and other eco rights. You could be a traveller and fly across the sky and witness ancient cultures that exist from years gone by. If you decide to stay at home or work a 9 to 5 then that’s okay my darling, if it makes you feel alive. It matters not if you decide to live a hippy life and throw away the shackles of perpetual fiscal strife. Build yourself a little shack along an English shore or go and raise some chickens on a farm in Bangalore. ‘Happy’ is a construct that we cannot just achieve without a constant longing for the things we think we need. But being true to you and whatever you feel’s right should be the only thing you need to set within your sights. Remember you’re loved more than you will ever understand and I will always be with you, your ever loving, Nan.

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About the Creator

Julie Murrow

I'm an avid reader, writer and pianist. I have written on a variety of subjects and in various genres from children's stories, poetry and history to adult short stories. My three Skinny Pigs and I live by the sea, where I grew up.

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