What You Are Looking for is in the Library

by Michiko Aoyama

There are so many things to do, but I won’t make the excuse that I have no time anymore. Instead, I will think about what I can do with the time I have. One day is going to become tomorrow.

Things don’t always go to plan, no matter what your circumstances.

Ultimately it’s all for the best that many things don’t turn out the way we hoped.

Try not to think of upset plans or schedules as personal failure or bad luck. If you can do that, then you can change, in your own self and in your life overall.”

“You may say that it was the book, but it’s how you read a book that is most valuable, rather than any power it might have itself.”

Any parent who tries to give their child the dream of Santa Claus is allowing the truth of him to dwell in their own heart. And this is why children believe confidently in the existence of Santa Claus riding on his sleigh.

The Santa Claus that parents teach is not a lie, but part of a larger truth.

Time in here passes at a slow, gentle pace. This is different to all the other part-time jobs I’ve had. I’m not useless. Perhaps my problem all along was not being in the right environment. One where I could make the most of myself.