A Letter to My Future Girlfriend

(This was an idea that I got from Nathan McKaskle. It is my own interpretation. You can visit Nathan's Website here)

My Dear [Insert Name Here],

What a joy and an honor it is to know you. Every moment spent with you fills my heart with an incredible happiness that inspires me to be the best man that I can be. I want to tell you everything that I love about you.

Despite what others may think or say, you value truth higher than any social niceties that may stand in contradiction to reality. I admire and love your capacity for reason and courage in the face of a world that does not want you to speak about virtue.

I love your ability to empathize with almost anyone that crosses your path, especially me. I love this not only because everyone loves to feel that other can empathize with him, but also because it helps me improve my capacity to see the world through the eyes of another. You always try to understand how others feel, and thus you are able to only have relationships in your life that are totally worth having, and get rid of those that are not. This makes you so happy, and I love to see you happy.

Seeing you happy makes me happy, and I cannot help that. Why? Because despite a society that barely knows the definition of virtue, you always strive to hold virtue as a top priority. The fact that I know you are virtuous fills me with an overwhelming joy, because virtuous people do not spend their lives with cretins, but instead with other virtuous people, and you've put me at the top of your list. I am absolutely bowled over by this.

There is no doubt in my mind that I can have absolute trust in you. The implication of this is that I absolutely trust you to raise children with me. Your capacity for empathy tells me that a family with you would be based on absolute love and respect for the child, and an incredible understanding that the child can give us as much knowledge and wisdom as we can offer the child. My son or daughter would be in great hands with you by their side. There is no greater trust in the world.

You also have a great trust in me. You did not fall in love with me because you believed I could change into someone else, but instead because I was exactly who you wanted without having to change at all. Thus, I feel absolutely comfortable being myself and sharing every aspect of my life with you.

You are the most beautiful woman in the world. Because you happened to be born with subjectively attractive physical features? No. Because when I see your face, your hands, your body, I see the love I feel for you. The sight of you brings joy into my heart, and when you come in the door I simply want to run to the door and shower you with kisses.

You value honesty so highly that you are completely unafraid to tell me what you are feeling when you are feeling it...even if that means telling me you are angry, sad, frustrated or distraught in anyway. This willingness to show your emotions makes me fall even deeper in love with you. Not only are you honest about your emotions, but you are curious about mine. It is such a mutually beneficial way of communicating that every single second we spend talking is a second I fall even more in love with you.

You are courageous in the face of others, but even more importantly, you are not afraid to look yourself in the mirror and honestly ask questions that could lead to you changing your actions entirely, because truth, honesty, and virtue are more important to you than propping up mythologies and running away from reality. This allows me to feel the utmost in safety when around you. I do not fear that you will attack me, in any way shape or form.

My love, your passion for life and pursuits that you find valuable is a constant inspiration to me. You do not stand back, you do not run away, and you constantly look to be a generous as possible.

I absolutely and unabashedly love you. I may never meet you, but I will always love you.

P