Letting you know that you are good enough
Affectionate and warm whispers

“The purpose of life is to become a good person who can convince himself that he is good.

“It’s about creating the right look in your eyes.”

Life throws misfortune at you for no reason, but it's not your fault.
Don't blame yourself.'

"We Surprisingly Don't Make Mistakes" is an essay about a journey to overcome the pain of loss, recover the joy of everyday life, and look deeper into one's inner self to view life with a mature perspective.

Having experienced much loss over the past few years, the author has been writing tirelessly, cooking, and walking every morning and evening to overcome her grief and regain her normalcy.
This book contains the dawn walks he took, the warm evening meals he cooked, the small trips he took with a cup of coffee, and the moments where light and darkness intersect.

The author does not ask, “Why did this misfortune come to me?”
Instead, ask yourself, “Am I closer to being better today?”
We often blame ourselves for pain that comes without reason, but the author says there is no need to do so.
It silently shows how much change can occur in the process of putting aside self-reproach and organizing your life step by step.

“Living is simpler than you think.
As the author says, “Making things better than yesterday, that’s all there is to it,” this book teaches us how to find meaning in life, heal pain, and create a better life through the small things in everyday life—a leisurely walk, a delicious meal, a moment to look up at the sky—instead of grand answers.

The author talks about relationships and age, speed and failure, choices and responsibility.
Life doesn't change with grand decisions, but with your attitude today.
“So don’t be too hasty, don’t be foolish, don’t be greedy.” This is the final conclusion.


“The purpose of life is to become a good person who can convince himself that he is good.
“It’s about creating the right look in your eyes.”
“We are holding up better than we thought, and we surprisingly don’t make mistakes.”

Sometimes we have to go a long way to become ourselves, and hardship often presents a special destiny.
--- From the "Prologue"

You don't have to be nice to everyone.
You just have to be a good person to good people.
Even if not everyone likes you, don't forget that you are still a good person.
--- From "Good People"

Sometimes we need to be someone who doesn't care about the world.
So don't go on a trip.
--- From "Sometimes People Who Have Nothing to Do with the World"

Everyone goes through dark times in life.
After you get through that darkness, you become a slightly better person.
Stars are only visible in the dark, and often times you have to search through dark places to find something.
--- From "What is visible only in the dark"

It suddenly occurred to me that many of the things that have made me angry throughout my life could have been laughed off.
--- From "Guinsa Temple Food"

Some things just come and go regardless of my will.
Pain and sadness are the same.
They come without reason, and the moment you try to understand their nature, everything falls apart.

--- From "Beautiful when looking back, tearful when looking from afar"

Living is not about winning or losing.
I'm telling you, that's a really trivial matter.
The important thing is to become a good person who can convince yourself of that.
I'm trying to create a proper look in my eyes.
--- From "What's Important"

If you consider the other person as fate, then there is no responsibility.
Meeting is not fate, it is a choice and therefore a responsibility.
This is why we must do our best for each other.
--- From "Love is as painful as it is painful"

The place we live in is hell.
But heaven is hidden everywhere.
Living is about discovering it.

--- From "Things I Learned As I Got Older"

Suffering arises when we wish for impermanent things to last forever.
So don't be afraid of transience, but see the beauty that blooms within it.
You and Autumn are gone, but I don't wait anymore.
Because it's okay if you don't come back again.
Because the time I spent with you was as joyful as clapping, and in the fall, I enjoyed eating sweet lotus seeds.
--- From "The time we spent together was as fun as clapping"

In a few months, that season will return, full of green, dark, hot, and lush things.
If you come again, you should be happy, laugh, and enjoy yourself to your heart's content.
I wasted my youth, but I shouldn't do the same this coming summer.
When things pass by, you miss everything, and the things you didn't enjoy become a lasting sadness.
--- From "When Summer Comes"

If I accumulate small things that make my heart happy, even if they are not grand, my life will never go in a bad direction.

--- From "It's Okay in It's Own Way"

Just accept it.
If you can't accept it, just move on.
Life is still okay.
It doesn't matter.
--- From "You Don't Have to Understand Life"

As I left the sushi restaurant, I thought that buying something was similar to choosing sushi at a conveyor belt sushi restaurant.
You go there determined to try everything, but you end up only eating a few of your favorites.
I used to think that might be a bit of a problem, but now I think, 'So what?'
Just like you can live your life by picking out only the sushi you like at a conveyor belt sushi restaurant, you can live your life like that.
--- From "At a Conveyor Belt Sushi Restaurant"

What I've learned through writing is that there are no shortcuts in writing or in life.
--- From "Shortcut"

Espresso Doppio, I'm still reading the cat essay while drinking my work coffee.
A library, a cat, and a bakery.
A Saturday spent with the most perfect words in the world.
A Saturday where I confirmed that 'happiness is a realm of technology', a Saturday where I confirmed that the things I like are what keep me from falling apart.
--- From "The Cat, the Library, and the Bakery"

When you feel sad because something is gone, it means that it was precious and loved.
I hope today is the day when everyone I know says, "I love you."
Before it disappears, before it becomes sad.
--- From "Before I Get Sad"

Life is about carrying the pain of what you didn't achieve more than what you achieved.
Duke Ellington's piano often paused, as if looking back, as if stopping to speak.
Chat Baker's voice was like a dark cloud, and it brought tears to my eyes.
Let's spend the remaining time doing more of what we like, more often.
Looking back, the things I regret are things I liked but didn't get to do to my heart's content.
--- From "One Thing I Couldn't Achieve"

There is nothing more mysterious and magical in human affairs than meeting someone.
--- From "Encounter"

We make mistakes.
But that mistake shouldn't ruin the romance of life.
--- From "Romance"

There are things in life that we miss when we rush.
There are things in life that we miss because we don't hurry.
If I'm going to miss out on things anyway, I'd rather choose a life that doesn't rush.
--- From "A Life Without Hurrying"

He who takes notes never fails, and he who takes a walk never despairs.
--- From "As Much as It Hurt"

Oh, it's trivial.
Looking at the place where the ripples have disappeared, I realize that the greatest joy in life is to treat life as trivial.
On the way back, clap your hands.
--- From "Follow Your Sole"

It wasn't because I was in agony every morning and sad every night that I was able to escape from pain.
Because I went to the market, bought cabbage and eggplant, cooked it, walked every morning, and wrote every day.

--- From "Drive My Car"

I was thirsty, so I took out some barley tea from the fridge and drank it. Suddenly, the thought occurred to me, “What is something I will never understand in this life?”
A summer night when everything was as usual.
It was a summer night with the windows wide open.
--- From "It was a summer night with the window wide open"

In the coming years, I will have to work harder and earn more money.
But I still want to live a life where I can look up at the sky and almost fall over while walking because the sunset is so beautiful.
--- From "Before the Sunset"

Just accept it.
If you can't accept it, just move on.
Life is okay though, it doesn't matter.
--- From "It Doesn't Matter"

Life is beautiful.
I'm worried that you might not know that.
It's never too late to make life beautiful.
I'm more worried that you might not know that.

--- From "Life is Beautiful"