Nick-paragraph+for+letter

Type in the content of your page here. Holden, you’re a good kid and you mean well, but your problem is that you’re too much of a loner. You don’t like to surround yourself with “phonies” which is completely understandable. Instead, surround yourself with friends and family who are more positive and true to themselves, and don’t have “public masks.” These people will help you cope with your brother, Allie’s death, which as has been hurting you for years. Being around these positive people will in turn give you a more positive outlook on life and make you overall a happier person. Once you’ve accomplished this, you can easily save others who are “living on the edge” like you. Something I know you want to do.

Growing up and becoming a man is a learning process. There is no way to get around it. For christsake, Holden, you need to attempt to learn to make better decisions, ones that will benefit for you in positive ways. There may be tempting choices at times, such as getting a stripper, but in the end that choice will only make things worse, as it did. Afterward, you felt more depressed then you had before hiring the stripper. And boy did it get you in trouble. You had to deal with getting beat up because they scammed you on the cost. Thinking ahead of time and trying to make an educated decision will help you to feel better, not only after that decision, but in your overall life. I know you have some difficult issues to deal with, but if you make the decision to surround yourself with people who care about you and have good values they will support you to do healthy things and over time your life will begin to take the right course. It will be difficult to do and hard to get used to, but it will be worth it and in time you will be a happier Holden.

~Nick's edit~

Now listen Holden, I don’t wanna sound all mushy here, but you’re a good kid. No, I really mean it. Your problem is you always have to look at the bad side of people. You look at them as “phonies” which may be true, but have you ever stopped for a second and said to yourself “Hey, maybe there’s a good side to that person as well.” For chrissake Holden, no one is perfect, not even you. You constantly complain how these phonies put on these “masks” and act completely different in public then when they’re with close family and friends. Now I don’t want to get you upset or anything, but you’re the same way Holden. No really, stop and think about it. You rarely speak what’s truly on your mind and you love to make up stories and lies. You want my advice on the matter? Here it is. In order to bring out the best in yourself you need to surround yourself people who ARE to true to themselves, people who will listen to you and understand you. The thing is Holden; you have to be willing to speak what’s actually on your mind to them and you can’t make up some lame-ass excuses. They may even help you cope with Allie’s death. Trust me, after a while, these people will start to rub off on you and you’ll start to feel more confident about yourself. You may even be able to save the people who have been living the same way as you. Living “on the edge.”