Bonsai of Thought: Sixty-Nine

1. Every day, little by little,
love yourself.

By year's end, you'll see
you're drowning in your own love!

2. All that I have lost so far—
these very losses have made me so weightless.

3. I thought I had found
another chance to love you.

Later I realized
the decision to lose you was the right one.

4. For all the hours you occupy my mind,
do I occupy even half that time in yours?

5. The sun sees everything
that exists outside me.
The moon knows everything
that exists within me.

6. Those things,
those places,
those people
that have kept your soul
heavy—
never be afraid to step away
from them.

7. Everyone falls in love with laughter,
but how many fall in love with tears?

8. If you want to love well,
love completely, not halfway.

Your promises, midnight love...
none of that is needed, only love is needed.

9. When someone hurts me deeply,
I forgive them
without saying a word.

At the same time, I erase them
forever from my entire existence.

10. Someone who loses nothing
even when you disappear—
wanting to hold onto them
is nothing but losing yourself.

11. Don't think so much, feel.

What feels good to experience,
keep that.

12. I keep waiting...
the pain continues...
I keep healing...

13. One who can see me
before I even reveal myself—
that's who I call worthy of love.

14. Sometimes
you have to stop climbing the mountain.
From exactly where you are,
you must look at the mountain.

15. I know this change is painful.
But know this: you're not breaking apart;
you're only falling to break in the very place
where falling will heal your pain.

16. Who you are—
don't let others decide that for you.

17. First understand me,
then come to judge if you must!

18. You don't know how to swim?
No fear, I know how to swallow the ocean too!

19. Love comes only
when a person isn't afraid even of being endangered.

20. One who has no friends at all—
what value do their secrets hold?