"Dear Jamie,
The only justice is love. Just let it go. You don't have
to
write back. You don't have to explain. This is not about
being right. There is something true inside the song you
can't stop listening to. You don't feel at home
anywhere,
but you feel at home when Aaron sings that song.
Someone calling you a criminal does not make you a
criminal, just as someone calling you a hero does not
make you a hero. Nobody gets to name you. Find your
identity in the one true place. If someone gives you
something, then takes it back--that's okay. If someone
says something or sees something, and then they don't--
it's okay. Do not be like some broken lawyer making the
same arguement over and over again, always reaching
for rewind. Guilt and regret, those are awful places.
You know that."
