![]() Someone I need and who needs me back…feeling secure when I go to sleep and being accepted, they’re not enough. Not a person I put up on a pedestal, but someone who’s on my level. And little by little, one step at a time, we push forward. “ I wish I could’ve lived my life without making any wrong turns. There’s no ‘reset’ button…so…you have to deal with what you’ve got. Just like parents can’t switch their children. Even if they’re hopeless, or if you’re appalled by them, or angry with them…children can’t switch their parents. “ When I was very young.My world consisted only of Akito, my mother.And whatever I could glimpse through the sliding paper door. ![]() ![]() What do you want to do next? Just leave things as they are? ” ( Chapter 28) I think that’s when liking yourself becomes possible. When someone accepts you, you can start accepting yourself. I don’t think you can like yourself until someone says that they like you first. So forcing myself to look for my good points is a stretch. And because that’s all I know, I hate myself more. Your teacher advises you to “like yourself.” What does that even mean? “Good points,” it says…how is one supposed to find those? I only know things that I hate about myself. The reason was a little different, but I think the feelings of shame and self-hatred are similar. ![]() “ (to Kisa) Kisa, there was a time when I stopped talking like you. A me that everyone wouldn’t leave… A warm place. “ (about Machi) She was chasing me? Just to say hello? And she didn’t go… to anyone else, did she? ” ( Chapter 100) Yen Press What’s important is …the desire to improve… which stems from weakness. My body still trembles, but I’ll keep facing my fears. “ It’s not like I suddenly became stronger, nor did anything change. ![]()
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