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“Sometimes working within a system is the only way to change it.” Sometimes you have to burn things down, and sometimes you have to dismantle starting from the inside—tearing wallpaper off, ripping up carpet, scraping popcorn off the ceilings.
Gaman is one of those special words in Japanese that doesn’t have an English equivalent. It is the art of perseverance through tough times. It is a part of duty. A sign of growing up. Maturity.
I think that’s what best friends do, sprinkle fairy dust on your life.
“Just remember when you’re asking what Japan wants from you, make sure you ask what you want from yourself, too. Don’t bury who you are to become who others think you should be.”
You never think of your parent as a real person. At least, I haven’t that much. I always believed my mom was impenetrable. Forget superheroes. She is the one made of steel. But now I see. She is a woman first, susceptible to pain like everyone else.
Life is a poem. I’m going to write it.
