Letters to The Universe (Letter Number Four)

Dear The Universe,

You answered my previous letter a little faster and more direct than expected. You triggered a sequence of events that led to me feeling both happy and bad at the same time. It's time i explained a little...

Remember just after sembreak last year? Yeah, that point in time. Well, whatever happened there shaped the beginning of my high school life. i thought that i could deal with it on my own because i'm stubborn that way, but it didn't turn out so well.

Relating it to "the now," i'm glad i have support now. In my last letter, i was talking about my family and how it's not doing so good. The week after i made the letter, you responded through one of my teachers. We were at the Parent-Teacher Conference, and you decided to tell my mom about what was happening to me through my teacher. She didn't know, but she helped me, and i must thank her. Ever since then, my mom's been helping me with the matter of "that." She's actually helping me more than i could have helped myself, and my dad's legal knowledge, especially now that the government's been making a cyber law, is a significant contribution to the incident.

You, The Universe, really are hard to understand. You got my mom involved in a personal matter through a teacher because of my own actions. Somehow, you make this happening seem like it's my doing, but it's still yours.

Lately, i've been thinking, and they're not just normal thoughts, but they're spiritual questions and seriously deep. i've been having problems trying to find the answers to the questions, so i'd really like it if you could help me out with answering them.

On a side-note, i've also been having trouble sleeping. i don't know why.

Thank you once again for your correspondence.

your tenant,
aris

Letters to The Universe (Letter Number Three)

Dear The Universe,

Thank you for answering my previous question. Although, i have to admit, it was kinda inconvenient because you answered it bit-by-bit. It still helped, though, and i really learned something.

Now i have another problem... you know how families should stick together and be close and all that? Lately, i've been feeling pretty empty at home. It's usually like this... only now, it's getting weirder and more unstable. It's a really toxic environment, and i don't feel, in ANY way, motivated by my household. School feels more like home than my actual home. i actually wanna live and sleep in school. i like it better there. It's my life. Please help me understand why my family is getting more unstable by the weeks, and please also explain why i don't feel as happy at home than at school.

On another note, i've been really satisfied with what's been happening lately. i got to help a few more people than usual... some actually confided in me. i like listening. It helps me learn about other people while relating the situation of these people to my own. i want to thank them, and i want to help them at the same time. This feeling is awesome, and i love it.

Thanks again, The Universe, for answering my previous questions, and i hope you could help me out with this one too.

your tenant,
~ aris

Letters to The Universe (Letter Number Two)

Dear The Universe,

thank you for answering my first letter through the Linkin Park song being played by my little sister right now. the lyrics of your reply, Numb by Linkin Park, are really soothing. and so is the music itself. thank you for that.

i have a few issues right now... one of them is the Right to Choose and the Definition of Freedom.

we can never choose our own path, can we? As the Youth, can we really decide for ourselves what we may or may not do? Is it really all up to us, or do our superiors control everything? i really don't know because we're always told that we have the right to make our own choices; we make our own decisions in life. but now, i'm starting to doubt that these are true for us... are we really free to choose what we're bound to do?

we can't make our own decisions, can we? as the youth, we're supposed to be able to make our own choices and learn from our mistakes. we're always told that, but do our superiors really let us apply it? instead, they make the decisions for us and make us avoid mistake. But why? the whole point of decisions is to learn from them, and we, the youth, are supposed to be able to learn. we can't if we're always trapped in our superiors' decisions.

freedom. why can't the youth also have freedom? we're supposed to be more free than the elderly, as they say, but we aren't. why not? i get the fact that we're supposed to be supervised and all, but, now that i think of it, we're kept in a box made by our superiors. we're kept inside an inhibitor which makes us think that that's all there is to it, but once we hit adulthood, we are suddenly pushed into a whole new world we aren't familiar with. the reason most of us fall for a while at the beginning of adulthood is because of the hard time getting used to adulthood. why can't we be free while we're kids so that we can get used to adulthood when the time comes?

i'm hoping that you can help me understand these, The Universe. thank you again.

your tenant,
~ aris

Letters to The Universe (Letter Number One)

Dear The Universe,

my name is aris amor, and i am one of your residents. i'm going to start writing to you because i need to get some things off my mind... it's been so full lately, and i was hoping you could help. i hope that, through these letters, i could realize something more in general. thank you, and i am hoping for your cooperation in any form... be it through the weather or by grades or other means.

here's to hoping you get this message,
your tenant,
~ aris