I MET MYSELVES

IMAGINE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF YOU MET ALL YOUR FORMS, WITH THE DIFFERENCE OF A YEAR BETWEEN THEM.EVERY FORM OF YOURS FROM THE PAST AND FUTURE! WOULDN'T THAT BE EXCITING? WOULD YOU LOVE TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR MEMORIES THAT YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN? WOULD YOU LOVE TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR FUTURE?

It was winter. I was sitting in the middle of a bridge at a bench in front of a river. There were Pine trees all around. It was a really magnificent view I must say. I seemed like no human had ever set a foot on it and it was a piece of heaven. There was 'Asleep' by The Smiths playing in the background. It seemed to go well with the background. I looked around and I almost jumped. Sitting on the bench were....... me(s)?

I noticed that it was a really long bench. All my 'forms' seemed to have an age difference of about a year. I recognized all my past forms. Dam! (Fandom Joke) I was so fat. Not that I had a chiseled body, but still. I looked like an average boy, got average marks, had average obnoxious parents and a below-average sense of humor. I looked at my future selves and they looked really good. They all seemed kind and easy-going.

None of them were surprised to see me. They all greeted each other with smiles. I said, " Guys.......Hi! " (Way to go loser!). They all replied with handshakes and smiles. One of them, I guess when I was ten years old, said,"Jerry, you look good ". I said, " Gee. Thanks" (Where was this conversation going, again?). I started counting how many years I had lived but I stopped after 60. Maybe I was afraid. Maybe I was satisfied (I don't know how I counted that many, though). We all exchanged my past memories (because I knew every one of them). All my future selves gave me suggestion to attain the reality in which they were in. They did not tell me 'what to do' but 'what not to do'. They said that telling my future would ruin all the fun. They started saying things like "Promise us that you will never attempt suicide", "There is a future that you can't even imagine", "Don't lose hope" and most importantly "Keep your friends close". I didn't if these were lies to comfort me but theses were lies I was ready to believe in.

I had a question that I really wanted to ask before they all disappeared and I said to my middle-aged form to come aside. Before I could ask anything, he said, "You want to ask about love, right?". I replied, "Yeah". He replied, "Don't worry. Just remember to live without regrets and love without conditions. Love means waiting". He gave me the sweetest smile I had ever seen before everything disappeared.