Dear woman on the beach who I saw making fun of me for taking these photos

Dear woman on the beach who I saw making fun of me for taking these photos,

I didn’t have it in me to approach you at the time. But I’m going to make this right in my own way by saying the things that I wanted to but didn’t have the courage to.

I’m sorry that you felt separate-ness from me. That whatever you were perceiving in my expression made me somehow different from you. But I don’t feel that way. I see us as connected, as mirrors of each other.

I’m sorry that you felt the need to minimize me and take me down a peg or two. I saw you trying to imitate me to your partner and he wasn’t that entertained, I saw him ignoring you (because you were being obvious) and yet you kept on trying to get his attention by exposing how silly I looked.

When I looked over, you looked away. Probably because you knew you were being hurtful.

I’m sorry that you hurt, because hurt people hurt people.

I’m sorry that you did this without having any understanding of who I am, what I’ve been through, or overcome and what has brought me to this moment. Because the truth is you NEVER know the journey of a person’s life or self-realizations.

I’m celebrating feeling free in my body, connected to it, at home in it, peaceful with it, like a loving steward, after a long journey of conflict.

I’m sorry that you may not share this sentiment yet and so you needed to project that onto me so that you could further ignore mending that relationship.

I hope that you find peace, that you find love, and after writing this I no longer feel like a small girl being rejected by a bully who I wish would accept me.

I actually just feel sad for you and I genuinely pray that you’re shifting into deeper understanding of how to support yourself.

And who knows, maybe witnessing my freedom triggered you in a good way, because you got a very small glimpse into my life and what you could also feel.

I wish you deep healing and connection and know that even though you were unkind to me, I don’t hold it against you and understand the light I share is still important.

Love, Krista