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FORM: sending crystal
SENDER: Cullen Rutherford
RECIPIENT: everyone
WHAT: Cullen is attempting to turn nostalgia into a good thing again
WHEN: now

[ The voice over the crystal sounds tired, which is nothing new, but there's a little bit of fire that's been lacking lately. Maybe it's a desire to get back to something that's been slipping away. ]

I've had a reminder recently that one's past can not be outrun, and perhaps that isn't such a bad thing. It is the hand that shapes the people we become. Looking at those I have in my life now, I feel I have a cause to be grateful for the pasts we all carry.

I'd like to ask for something - a happy memory. Something that gives you hope, something that keeps you going. I realize it's an easy thing to lose sight of, things being as they are, but forgotten is not the same as gone.

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Not a memory. The future keeps me going. Not looking back, but looking ahead at what could be if only I pick my sorry arse up and go help usher that future in. I suppose that sounds terribly optimistic for a self-confessed pessimist.

I suppose that's the trick, getting to a place where the promise of what tomorrow might hold can be enough to sustain you. I had that, once. Life was a lot simpler then, though. What I wanted out of life was a lot simpler.

We could all probably use a little more optimism. It's nice that you carry yours in such a productive way.