I will write to you about my adventures.

At the age of 40, Franz Kafka (1883-1924), who never married and had no children, was walking through the park in Berlin when he met a girl who was crying because she had lost her favorite doll. She and Kafka searched in vain for the doll.

Kafka told her that she would meet him there the next day and that they would come back to look for her. The next day, when they still hadn’t found the doll, Kafka gave the girl a letter that had been 'written' by the doll and said: 'Please don’t cry. I went on a journey to see the world. I will write to you about my adventures.' Thus began a story that continued until the end of Kafka's life.

During their meetings, Kafka carefully read the letters written by the doll with adventures and conversations that the girl found charming. Finally, Kafka returned the doll (he bought one) that had come back to Berlin. 'She doesn't look anything like my doll,' said the girl. Kafka handed her another letter in which the doll wrote: 'My travels have changed me.' The little girl embraced the new doll and took her home happily. A year later, Kafka died. Many years later, the now-adult girl found a letter inside the doll. In the small letter signed by Kafka, it read:

Everything you love will likely be lost, but ultimately love will return in another way. Embrace change. It is inevitable for growth. Together we can transform pain into wonder and love, but it is up to us to consciously and deliberately make that connection.

Source: Charles Vrugt