To the one I have yet to meet,

I woke up today to the quiet stillness of the morning, the kind of peace that fills the room before the world starts moving. The first thing I did was open the curtains, and there it was — Lake Aleknagik, calm and shimmering under the soft glow of the rising sun. The water, so clear and untouched, stretches out before me like an invitation to breathe, to reflect, to imagine.

There’s something about this view that makes me feel connected to everything. The gentle ripples of the lake, the way the trees on the shore sway ever so slightly in the breeze, the silence that speaks louder than words — all of it fills me with a deep sense of peace, as if the universe is whispering that everything is exactly as it should be.

I thought about you then, standing beside me, sharing this moment. I wondered what it would feel like to show you this view, to watch your face light up as you take it all in. The stillness of the lake, the quiet beauty of this place, would be just the beginning of the quiet moments I want to share with you. I want to show you the way the world feels when you take a moment to truly see it, when you pause and breathe in the beauty that surrounds us.

As I sat there, listening to the world wake up, a song started playing in my head — Darating Din by TJ Monterde. I’ve been thinking a lot about its words lately, how it speaks of waiting, of trusting that what’s meant to be will come, even if it feels far away. It reminds me that love, like everything else in life, will come in its own time. “Darating din,” it says — it will come. And just like this view, I know that love, when it comes, will be calm and steady. It may ripple with excitement at times, but it will always return to its peaceful center. It will be a love that we build slowly, in these quiet moments, until we have something as beautiful and timeless as the view before me now.

As I sit here, watching the mist rise from the lake, I think of the day when I can share this with you. I hope we will have mornings like this, mornings where we greet the world together, where silence feels just as full as words, where we can simply be, side by side, in the calm of each other’s presence.

Until that day comes, I’ll keep waking up to this view, keeping it in my heart, knowing that soon, we’ll share it — and so much more.

With all the love I have yet to give,
W