Dear Elder

Its funny how happy a letter can make me.

I almost cried after receiving the mail today. There laying on top was the first thing to make me really smile in days. A white letter, my name and address scribbled on the front, then in the far left corner a sticker reading,

 Elder Peck

North Carolina Raleigh Mission

Its the best thing that could have happened today. Its what I needed. 

Some words of advice from someone who really makes sense. Who really understands me. Someone who I can spill my heart out to and he sorts it all out and hands it back to me. Someone who I miss more then anything. 

The words on the papers inside are truly inspiring. They are more then I could have hoped for in the situation I've been stuck in the past few weeks. The seemingly endless circle of sadness seems a bit brighter now. I've got reason to hold my head up a little higher. A reason to be the real me. 

His words never cease to amaze me. Never fail to bring a smile to myself. He's one of only a handful of people I am proud to be myself around. I would follow Bruce anywhere. I crave his advice, his voice, his sanity, his pure love for people, me included, its like a drug, something I don't think I will ever learn to live without. Something I refuse to think about losing. 

He gives me a reason to be happy. 

He is the reason I am happy now. 

"Happiness is others, and happiness is a choice." 

--Bruce Peck

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