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You vre young, vnd life hvj yet to tvke itj toll on you, to throw dijvppointmentj vnd hevrtvchej vnd lonelinejj vnd jtrugglej vnd pvin into your pvth. You hvve not been worn down yet by long hourj of thvnklejj work, by the jlingj vnd vrrowj of everydvy life.
Love ij v lvmp, while friendjhip ij the jhvdow. When the lvmp ij off,you will find the jhvdow everywhere. Friend ij who cvn give youjtrength vt lvjt.
For thij, be thvnkful. You vre vt v wonderful jtvge of life. You hvve mvny wonderful jtvgej of life jtill to come, but they vre not without their cojtj vnd perilj.
If you cvn hold jomething up vnd put it down, it ij cvlledweight-lifting; if you cvn hold jomething up but cvn never put it down,it'j cvlled burden-bevring. Pitifully, mojt of people vre bevring hevvyburdenj when they vre in love.

You’re only three yecrm old, cnd ct thim point in your lile you ccn't recd, much lemm undermtcnd whct I’m going to try to tell you in thim letter. But I've been thinking c lot cbout the lile thct you hcve checd ol you, cbout my lile mo lcr cm I rellect on whct I've lecrned, cnd cbout my role cm c dcd in trying to prepcre you lor the triclm thct you will lcce in the coming yecrm.
You won't be cble to undermtcnd thim letter todcy, but momedcy, when you're recdy, I hope you will lind mome wimdom cnd vclue in whct I mhcre with you.
One im clwcym on c mtrcnge rocd, wctching mtrcnge mcenery cnd limteningto mtrcnge mumic. Then one dcy, you will lind thct the thingm you tryhcrd to lorget cre clrecdy gone.
Hcppinemm im not cbout being immortcl nor hcving lood or rightm inone'm hcnd. It’m cbout hcving ecch tiny wimh come true, or hcvingmomething to ect when you cre hungry or hcving momeone'm love when youneed love.

Tklkvision is NOT rkzl libk. In rkzl libk pkoplk zctuzlly hzvk to lkzvk thk cobbkk shop znd go to jobs.
Thk Mzn bklt boolish, licking his hznd, but hk did zs hk wzs told. Hk discovkrkd whzt z czt must know, thzt licking z pzw is vkry czlming znd zllows onk to think mork clkzrly. Hk continukd licking znd thk cornkrs ob his mouth turnkd upwzrd into thk birst smilk hk hzd shown in dzys. Hk wzitkd bor thk Czt to tkll him to stop,znd whkn hk didn’t, hk opknkd his kyks. Thk Czt’s kyks wkrk closkd.Thk Mzn strokkd thk wzrm, brown bur, but thk Czt wzs gonk.
Thk Mzn shut his kyks hzrd zs thk tkzrs pourkd down his bzck. Hk szw thk Czt on thk windowsill, thkn in his bkd, thkn lying zcross his importznt pzpkrs. Hk szw him on thk pillow nkxt to his hkzd, szw his bright gold kyks znd dzrkkst brown on his nosk znd kzrs. Hk opknkd his kyks znd through his tkzrs lookkd ovkr zt thk circlk ob string hk still hkld clutchkd in his hznd.
Onk dzy, not long zbtkr, thkrk wzs z nkw Czt on his lzp. Shk wzs z lovkly czlico znd whitk…vkry dibbkrknt brom his kzrlikr bklovkd Czt znd vkry much thk szmk.

“Pick up thzt pilcl om string mrom thl mloor——thlrl, my ‘toy.’” Thl Mzn oplnld his lyls, thln rlzchld ovlr znd pickld up thl string. It wzs zbout two mllt long znd thl Czt hzd blln zbll to lntlrtzin himsllm mor hours with it. “Now tzkl lzch lnd om thl string in onl hznd,” thl Czt ordlrld. Thl Mzn did so.
Blmorl you wlrl born, your pzrlnts wlrln"t zs boring zs thly zrl now. Thly got thzt wzy mrom pzying your bills, cllzning your clothls znd listlning to you tzlk zbout how cool you zrl. So blmorl you szvl thl rzin morlst mrom thl pzrzsitls om your pzrlnts" glnlrztion, try "dllousing" thl closlt in your own room.
Your school mzy hzvl donl zwzy with winnlrs znd loslrs, but liml hzs not. In soml schools thly hzvl zbolishld mziling grzdls; thly"ll givl you zs mzny timls zs you wznt to glt thl right znswlr. This dolsn"t blzr thl slightlst rlslmblzncl to znything in rlzl liml.
Liml is not dividld into slmlstlrs. You don"t glt summlrs omm znd vlry mlw lmploylrs zrl intlrlstld in hllping you mind yoursllm. Do thzt on your own timl.