i don't know you

dear stranger,
i don't know you. chances are, i will probably never meet you. i don't really know why i'm doing this. it might be an act of selfishness, but lately i've seen that there is so little love and trust in this world, and i want to fix that. don't get me wrong, god knows that writing a couple of letters won't change the world, but it is the little things that matter.
i will write letters that i will probably never have the courage to send. i will write letters to strangers, best friends, crushes, family, anyone imaginable. some of you might see me as a coward, but it is the only way to show how honest the world can really be.
so this is my first letter, to you. like i said, i don't know who you are, i don't know what you're going through, but i'm here for you. life is tough, and sometimes you feel like you can't do it anymore. what we need to do when we are thinking that way is look around us and notice the love. notice the girl holding the boy's hand on the sidewalk. notice the lady feeding the pigeon on the street corner. notice the child clinging to the mother's pant leg. notice the girl holding her friend while she cries. where there is pain, there is beauty. never forget that.
-andrea