Love for Imperfect Things / The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down Quotes

“What you are feeling is not something that should just be ignored, but something very significant. The feelings inside you will not easily disappear just because you decide to suppress or ignore them. Many psychological problems come about when repression becomes a habit and the energy of those suppressed emotions is unable to find a healthy outlet. Just as stagnant water becomes fetid and toxic, so it is with our emotions.”
― Haemin Sunim, Love for Imperfect Things / The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down

“Don't let your difficult past define who you are today. If you do, you will live your whole life as a victim of the past. There is life force within you waiting to shoot out of the ground of the past. Please trust that force of renewal. Bow respectfully to your past and proclaim: From now on, I have decided to be a little happier!”
― Haemin Sunim, Love for Imperfect Things / The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down

“The success rate for meeting the right person is one in ten. Only after you have met nine other people does one appear who you like and who also likes you back.”
― Haemin Sunim, Love for Imperfect Things / The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down

“the art of maintaining a good relationship can be compared to sitting by a fireplace. If we sit too close for too long, we become hot and possibly burned. If we sit too far away, we can not feel the warmth.”
― Haemin Sunim, Love for Imperfect Things / The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down

“We consider it good to be good to others, but don’t forget that you have a
responsibility to be good to yourself first.”
― Haemin Sunim, Love for Imperfect Things / The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down

“A person’s behavior might not be motivated by any particular thought or feeling, but still we make all kinds of assumptions, deciding, “This person must think x about me.” Even though these are just projections of our anxiety onto someone else, we teach ourselves to dislike and even hate them, firmly believing in the truth of our assumptions.”
― Haemin Sunim, Love for Imperfect Things / The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down