letters to an old love.

Hi again!

I've made the desicion to dedicate a "chapter" of my book to high school, kind of as a final farewell, and also because I've been talking to many graduates who've mentioned their best and worst memories have all been clearly in high school.
So about a month ago, I came across a website (thanks to Kelsey!) called "Dear Old Love". The idea is, this person wrote letters to all their past loves summing up what they felt in one or two lines. I thought this was extremely amazing.
In this research and after reading all these posts, an idea came to me. If you had one letter to write to each person that had hurt you or abused your trust, or really caused something to stick out in your mind, what would you say to them? Even better, what if you had to write it in forgiveness?
So the rules are : there are none. You make them. You're doing the difficult part. You have to take a walk in their shoes, even if you can find one positive thing that maybe suggest that it wasn't completely terrible.
It can be anywhere from one line to several pages.
It can be to friends, family, lovers, perfect strangers. And there can be more than one.
You can remain completely anonymous.
Since all of you don't have access to seeing me in person, you can email me at bloggermacphale@live.com
if you decide write a letter.
It's good for your soul,
and in the spirit of the holidays and every other day of the year
maybe we should try a little forgiveness.
I wrote 14 myself.

Love love love,
and merry ho-ho!

Hails.

welcome.

Well hey there!

In case you don't follow my other blog, or most likely have never heard of me, my name is "Hails" (not literally, but everyone calls me that). The story is, my highschool teacher asked me to "expand my mind creatively", which is his way of asking me to look at all possible sides of things, not just one.
Thus, The Empathy Book was born. The idea is, I'm going to take on a massive project that involves listening to all music genres/reading all book genres/watching movies of every sort.. but that's just a surface layer.
I'm also going to study most all cultures, religions and belief systems. This includes reading up on past events that have occured that have really changed the world.
Then it gets bigger. In the fast paced world we live in today, so many things pass us by, and we let them. So I want to hear the side of the story that isn't told. I want to hear from the people left in the dark or turned away. We could all use a walk in someone else's shoes.
That being said, this blog itself is not the actually "Empathy Book", it's simply a way for me to keep people updated on it's progress and fill anyone in who would like to know more, but do not have the access of seeing it in person.
So, if you're reading this, I hope you'll follow the progress of the Empathy Book and myself as we go on quite the journey. If you have any stories yourself or topic suggestions, please contact me at bloggermacphale@live.com. Hope to see you more often :)

Love love love,
Take a walk on the "other" side today.

Hails.