Young People Pen Positive Letters to Their Future Selves in 'Dear Future Me'

— -- When two students asked their peers to write positive letters to their future selves, the responses -- captured in a video titled, "Dear Future Me" -- were eye-opening and heartwarming.

One student wrote, "Dear future me, here's a couple of things I wanted to let you know. I hope you're smiling more. ... I hope that you're consistently happier."

Another said, "Every now and then you're going to need to put yourself first and do your own thing and that's OK." A third student wrote, "Don't lose who you are and always be who you want to be."

The students, Meghan and Alice, were working on behalf of ReachOut, a nonprofit based in Ireland that helps youths improve their mental health. "Dear Future Me" is part of its "Note to Self" campaign.

"It’s a campaign that we’ve been doing on college campuses around the country in Ireland," Naoise Kavanagh, ReachOut's communication manager, told ABC News. "Where we go and have postcards and ... ask [students] to write positive, inspiring messages to their future selves. And then we mail them back to them at an unknown date."

Kavanagh said the aim of the campaign, which launched a few years ago and has expanded to California, is to "help young people."

"'Note to Self' shows people that sometimes we have the answers for ourselves," she added.