1.
Now, here, me
Why do we live? / Like the first time / Live without passion / Now, here, me / Without expectations / How to love myself / Ask yourself / Avoiding and letting go / The time difference between cause and effect / Why do we get angry / Accepting it sets us free / What are we running for? / A life of spending less and eating less / Regret is self-abuse / Life is like embroidery / Why do I suffer when I do good things? / Happiness and unhappiness are created by me / I always feel depressed / If I suffer from what others say / Bystanders and participants / How to change destiny / If you change your mind once / Ups and downs / When your heart feels empty / A life not dragged by habits

2.
Because you exist, I exist.
Today is our first meeting / The desire to fix others / How to resolve conflicts between couples / The secret to communication / My friend has changed / Obsession and ignorance / I wish I could live my parents' life / People are the most difficult / I get hurt by the way others talk / How to let go of greed / Life is a habit / Parents' responsibility / I want to study well / There's no need to blame others / Where does anxiety come from / This is okay / The blind men and the elephant / Actions over thoughts / Self-realization / Look indifferently / Experience over qualifications / Inconvenient colleagues / Good relationships, bad relationships / Human relationships don't last long / Endure for a year / The weight of life / It's natural for the heart to change

3.
There is no such thing as always right
There is nothing to be sad about / Illusion and reality / When you want your abilities to be recognized / True consideration / I am only grateful to my parents / To recover self-esteem / The golden age of my life / The time it takes to realize / The fireball called desire / Desire is like a wood fire / When your parents fight / Practicing positive thinking / Fish in the Ganges River / My joy is someone's sacrifice / I am afraid of standing in front of others / Work and fun / Why do conflicts arise? / I have the right to be happy / If you are suffering from indecisiveness / Your taste is okay, but discrimination is not allowed / I am suffering from pretending to be good / Flowers in the flower bed / You who chase special days / The one who runs the world / How to build mental immunity

4.
As pretty as a flower
I'm still alive today / A life without expecting anything in return / Don't be swayed by what others say / Any choice / It's okay to fail / The reason why good people are scary / A woman I met in India / Are you suffering from past wounds? / Humble and confident / Do you want to work until you die all your life? / Humans are inherently selfish / Just the way I am / Are you lonely? / Inferiority complex and superiority complex / I'm afraid of death / The way to meet my complete self / I have trouble controlling my emotions / Spring in my heart / I want to meet a good person / I hate how I resemble my parents / There is no perfect marriage / My dream

5.
You did well, you are doing well, and you will do well
A wavering heart / How should I live / The best gift / Joy and sorrow are of the same root / Comforting is my greed / You like love / Please plant pride in your child's life / Growing old is a blessing / Who is the master / Acknowledging differences / Enlightenment gained from a mustard seed / My lover betrayed me / What is identity / A good life as it is now / What is your wish / As given / To a young man preparing for an exam / I want to quit my job / I must change to study truly / The happiness of a bowl of noodles / When I want to win the other person's heart / There is nothing I want to do / It's hard to pursue my dream / When I close my eyes

6.
I'm really happy just the way I am now
Shoes on the stepping stone / My heart is heavy / Trees cast their own shade / The middle way / Pain is also a practice / Why does love turn into hate / Freedom from anger / Offering song / Let's 'sprout' / To escape from suffering / How should I pray / I'm happiest when I give / Should I go to church or temple / A child who feeds grass to a dead cow / Good is not good / There is no right or wrong / Prayer is letting go of the wishful mind / To escape from reincarnation / The person next to me is heaven / Seeing things as they are / I really like myself as I am / Be happy first / The bead I'm holding / From a life of consumption to a life of circulation / Do you feel lonely when you see fallen leaves? / As ice melts and becomes water / I don't want to flatter / Every day is a new day

I recommend "It's Good As It Is" to these people.

Pretend it's okay, pretend nothing's wrong
Are you enduring a tough day today?

Have you had a busy day today without getting anything done?
They say there are no set answers in life, but do you ever feel like you're missing out on something important?
Do you find it difficult to maintain self-centeredness in a confusing and dizzying world?
Do you want to be free from your tired appearance and stubborn habits?
When I see and hear something, I resolve to change in that moment, but when I turn around, am I once again in the dark about my problem?
On days when I'm so tired and miserable that I want to cry inside, only negative thoughts come to mind.
At that moment, there is just one thought that stops that thought.

The worries in the book "It's Okay Just the Way It Is"

Self-esteem, depression, success, happiness, love, family, work, relationships, anger, performance, etc.
What are you worried about right now?
Ask yourself:
Who am I and what am I doing now?
Where am I going now?

“I am wondering how to live the right way.”
“I keep getting sick and anxious because I keep pushing myself too hard to achieve my big dream.”
“I have a lot of fear of making mistakes and am very conscious of what other people think.”
“I feel depressed about life and have no dreams or passion.”
“How should I live to be more free and happy than I am now?”
“What does it mean to live well?”
“How do you control your greed?”
“I want to be independent, but my parents live for me so much that it feels like a burden.”
“I don’t want to be fawning over others and trying to look good to them.”
“I work in sales, but I find meeting people burdensome.”
“I am on leave.
“At first I was resting well, but now I’m starting to feel anxious and I don’t really have anything I want to do.”
“I am taking medication for depression.
How can I feel at ease?”
“I don’t have any friends with whom I can have a glass of soju without worry.
Some people are uncomfortable for some reason, some people are so opinionated that it gives me a headache, and even old friends aren't as comfortable as they used to be."
“I have supported my husband for 35 years since we got married, but now that I am sick, he doesn’t care about me.”
“I hate that I resemble my parents.”

A story from the book "It's Okay Just the Way It Is"

Life should always be good like this.

The book says:
Be awake at this very moment.
Look at me as I am.
Find the essence of that thought.

To be free from unconscious emotional habits, to no longer be in pain,
Change your perspective and become aware of things, and live a life free from habits, practicing happiness.

If I think that now is the golden age of my life, life will always be happy.
Happiness is not far away.
Happiness is here, right now.
In the day I live, in the task given to me today.

To love myself is to acknowledge and accept the reality of who I am.
It's about knowing that I'm okay just the way I am right now.

When you are tormented by regret, worry, and anxiety, you should immediately wake up and say, 'I am dreaming again.'
Being awake to the present, not to the past or the future, not to the here and now, not to others, not to myself, is the path to freedom.

You must realize that likes and dislikes are not absolutes, but habits of your own mind.
Anger also comes from these mental habits.
You can be free when you are not dragged down by the habits of your mind.

When you let go of the idea that you are special and realize that life is nothing special, life becomes free.

If you think about 'how to live' rather than 'why', a method will come out.
Think about 'How should I live today?'
‘How can I live happily today?’ That is my choice.

Everyone wants to live well. What does it mean to live well? Let go of the mindset that it's yours and use it however you want, and start taking action, starting with small things, to help the environment.

There is no reason for me to be swayed by what each person says based on their own thoughts and feelings.
Live a free life, unhindered by any praise or criticism.

When you make a choice, you have to take responsibility for it.
Because I don't want to take responsibility, I hesitate for a long time.

Desire burns like a firewood fire, and as it burns it needs more firewood.
True happiness is not in satisfying desires, but in not being bound by them.

Inferiority complex does not come from being bad, but from wanting to be better.
We are all different, but all beings are whole.

When we look at life and death as they are, as we look at waves, the fear of death disappears.

Just listen to the other person's story and share your own experience if you have it.
It is my greed to wonder what I should say to comfort that person.

When you go hiking, some people reach the top, while others come down halfway.
Life is simply lived according to fate and time, and there is no right way to live.

No matter what the world's standards are or how the world flows, we must have the insight to see through the world.
This is how you establish your own perspective and put it into practice.

The way to regain self-esteem is not to develop my abilities, but to let go of the illusion of myself.
Come to think of it, I'm fine as I am now.

When you feel empty and hollow, take a good look at your heart.
You will see that you are trying to fill that emptiness with something.
If you let go of that desire, the emptiness will disappear without a trace.

The cause of suffering is living without knowing who you are, where you are going, or what you are doing now.
So sometimes stop and ask yourself, who are you, where are you going, what are you doing?

When you are tormented by regret, worry, and anxiety, you should immediately wake up and say, 'I am dreaming again.'
Being awake to the present, not the past or the future, to the here and now, not the there, to myself and not to others is the path to freedom.

When I was little, I would hold onto the marbles like they were treasures and never let them go, but now I don't even know where they are.
What was once everything may turn out to be nothing.
Now I have to look back and see what kind of beads I am holding.

Good things are not necessarily good.
It is not only the suffering caused by things not going my way that is an obstacle to practice, but also the joy of things going my way that is an obstacle to practice.

When we change our attitude from bystander to participant, we can create a better world.

If you are determined and determined, you can't do it.
If you decide to do something, just do it.
By doing so, you can completely eliminate the momentary urge to not do something.

When you love someone, you should only love with a giving heart and without any expectations.
When I look at flowers, I feel good not because the flowers like me, but because I like the flowers.

When I see life as a process, I can become the master of my own life.
If you value the process, there is no one in this world you can ignore, and no one you can envy.
We are all living precious lives in our own way.

If people suffered losses right then and there when they made a mistake, no one would make a mistake.
Also, if the benefits of doing good things were immediately apparent, anyone would do good things.
If you do good deeds, the rewards will surely come someday.
It just doesn't show up when I want it to and in the way I want it to.

If you know that not everything is good just because things go your way, you won't be upset when things don't go your way.
Spring in my heart, let me create it.

Because they only focus on their own thoughts and habits and do not tolerate anything else, they become angry, irritated, and hateful.
Saying you're angry and resentful means you're the only one who's right.

Whatever they think of me, that's their opinion, and I just live lightly and have fun.

We are now going through trial and error, failing, finding new paths through failure, and repeating challenges.
Constant challenges foster a positive attitude towards life.

The success we pursue is essentially based on the suffering of others.
If I live comfortably without working, I must realize that there are people who work harder than me and live difficult lives.

Whether it's a bad relationship or a good one, it needs to be resolved in a good way.
On the path to enlightenment, there is no such thing as good or bad relationships.
Just as there are no good dreams or bad dreams when you wake up from a dream,

It doesn't matter whether your dream comes true or not.
If you don't suffer while running towards your dream, it is a true dream that will develop your abilities. If you suffer, it is nothing more than a vain desire.

It means that good and foolish people can cause chaos in the world without their consent, so be careful.
You must become wise.
You have to come out of your own well.

There are many cases where we remember something as hurtful when it wasn't, or we hold on to something that happened in the past and can't let go, causing us pain.
If there's a problem, it's that you keep replaying past memories in your head.

Humans are inherently selfish beings.
There is a fundamental selfishness in our hearts.
Only when we see through and acknowledge that essence can we truly build a proper relationship.
If you see yourself clearly, others will be able to see you clearly too.
When I admit that I am selfish, I can acknowledge the selfishness of others.

If you know that the world doesn't always go the way you want it to, and that even if things go your way, not everything will be good, you won't be upset when things don't go your way.

My dream is to create a community where people have a life attitude that benefits both themselves and others.

If you can renew your mind every day, every day is a new day.

The path to happiness is awareness.
When you become aware that a desire is arising, it is not a question of pursuing or suppressing the desire, but of becoming free from that desire.

If you are satisfied with this moment, you can become happy right away.
You can be happy right here, right now.
Happiness and freedom are right here, right now, with us.

It is said that the highest level of practice is to change shape and adapt to given conditions, like water, which has no set shape.
Because this is only possible when you let go of your stubbornness and let go of yourself.

Quitting your job now is not the solution to your problem.
First, you need to take a good look at yourself, the person who is mistakenly thinking that this suffering is caused by work.

When it's time to close your eyes, it doesn't matter whether you ate rice or barley that evening.
We often live foolish lives, obsessing over useless things and missing out on what's truly important, tormenting ourselves and hurting others.
If you can maintain the perspective you have when you close your eyes in your daily life, you can live comfortably.
Aren't you missing out on what's most important right now because you're so caught up in the little things?

I am awake every moment, whether I am cleaning, eating, or walking.
Live a life fully awake in this moment.

Hatred does not arise from love, but from wanting to be loved.

Repentance is not about judging your and my mistakes, but about realizing that there is no right or wrong.

We draw a picture of the other person as we like and then criticize the other person for being different from the picture.
The illusion of the mind that prevents us from seeing things as they are makes us all suffer.

Look at your life with a curious mind.
Whatever I do, I try to do it with a fresh mind and with all my heart as if I am doing it for the first time.

The reason why doing good things is painful is because we are attached to them.
If something good happens, I will do it first and if someone asks, I will tell them.
Just because something looks good to me doesn't mean I have to follow it.