What You Are Looking for is in the Library

by Michiko Aoyama

“Everybody is connected. And any one of their connections could be the start of a network that branches in many directions. If you wait for the right time to make connections, it might never happen, but if you show your face around, talk to people and see enough to give you the confidence that things could work out, then ‘one day’ might turn into ‘tomorrow.’”

So when I’m working on a piece of sea glass and think about it passing through my hands on a long, long journey in time and space to the person it’s meant to be with, well, that just makes me feel super happy.”

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.

“Life is one revelation after another. Things don’t always go to plan, no matter what your circumstances. But the flip side is all the unexpected, wonderful things that you could never have imagined happening. 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.”

From big things to little, there are some things we simply cannot force to go to plan, no matter how hard we try.

“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.”

“This didn’t just come to you. It happened because you did something for yourself. You took action and that caused things to change around you.”

Books that made one look forward to tomorrow, or helped reveal hidden depths within oneself.

“People who make fun of me now won’t stop, no matter what the future brings. They’ll always find some angle to attack me with. But don’t worry, I’m okay with it. I don’t care what people who’ve never read my novels think.”

“If I miss that deadline there are probably others. There’s no age limit on a writing debut. I figure everybody has their own personal timing that works best for them.”

Now I was starting to wonder. How much had my own thinking limited my opportunities?