Dear Kurt, 

There's a girl I've met five months ago, who I truly feel connected with. You know, those kind of rare mental connections I truly appreciate. Yesterday she sent me a letter that made me cry of relief and comprehension. Because I know, and that's the kind of things I can't explain, that we don't have to talk much to understand each other and how much in common we can have. I really admire her. She is a really ethical, kind and good person. One of those that make me believe the world can be a safe place. One of those that I'm sure would have made you believe too.

It's funny how some little things can show this connection. Let me tell you a random insignificant one that, still, make perfect sense to me.

I really love Harry Potter, you know. And since I met her, I've always thought she reminded me of Luna Lovegood. One day, she posted on twitter she had a quiz on which Harry Potter's character she was most similar to and guess what? Luna Lovegood. 

You see, minimal things anyone could have thought of, perhaps, but that made sense to me. These minimal things that get stuck into my head as meaningful.

Let me just show you some of the things she told me in her letter I was most emotive about: 

"There's no way anyone with the slightest intelligence or empathy would see you as a weak person. Do you know why? Because even though you said those words, time has passed, it keeps passing, and here you are. You survive. For as bad as you may feel, you've lived through it until now, and that makes you stronger than anything else – the ability to endure." / "And do you want me to tell you something more about you? (Not that I know all the answers, far from that, but I still think about this...) When I see you at school, you look good. You look like a pretty girl, and you look sane, and you look calm and quiet. Maybe you're not feeling it on the inside, but I trust you have the ability to. Somewhere deep inside. Plus, do you want another proof? Every time I look at you, you smile at me. So you have that instinct in you: the kindness, the generosity, the sensitivity. And that is what can take us people as far as nothing else." / "I don't want to sound lame or anything, but it's true when I say that you've helped me a lot since we met. Talking with you, and knowing that you've shared a lot of these experiences, and seeing the way you deal with it, and reading your words, it helps. A lot.

I don't know why we met and I don't know if I believe in fate or in those “it's written, it was meant to happen” things, but I do know that I'm very happy to have met you. I think you're the most valuable person I've met in this new class of ours." /  "I think I'm comfortable enough with you to say all these things." / "And I want to go places, just like I know you want to. Like sometimes you just “feel like getting into a plane to whatever destination and just go...”, yes, so do I. And because we can't do it physically, I suppose I can say for both of us that we do it mentally, or in dreams, or in thoughts, or simply in wishes and hope. But I believe there will come a day when we'll be able to be better and happier and somewhere else, far from these dark places where we're sometimes trapped. I have to believe in that, otherwise everything will lose its sense."

Apart from the need to tell you everything, I wanted you to see this as a proof of the existence of kind-hearted people, as I know that you once lost faith in humanity, and so did I. But now she restored in me hope. And that's what I need the most. To hope for better days. 

«Peace, love, empathy.»