You, who are anxious while running towards a dream that is out of reach,
You, who are in pain from the wounds left by someone who doesn't even know you well,
To you who are struggling with the loss of a love that you thought would last forever, now that it has become less than others.

When he suddenly collapses after a normal day, when he no longer wants to try, when he has to confront his weakened self, artist Ilhong has been communicating with the world by drawing and writing at such times.
Her writings and drawings, which she has continuously communicated with the world by recording her emotions without missing a moment through Instagram and Facebook, are now available to readers as a book!

Ilhong's first essay, "I Wish It Were You," is a book filled with 115 affectionate, sincere words that go beyond formal consolation and allow us to look into our own hearts.
The author hopes that you will become someone who never loses sight of yourself, someone who begins to love again despite everything, someone who is content without needing more, and someone who does not give up on love even when you fail and get hurt. He shares heartwarming stories and warm advice that anyone can relate to.
Through this book, I hope that your nights will stop being anxious, that you will no longer be in pain and that you will be happy. As the title suggests, I hope that it is you.

A person with fragile skin that is easily hurt, but full of love that he wants to share.
A kind person who is afraid of getting hurt but does not close his heart.
A person who struggles not to hate someone even when their feelings are hurt by what they say.
I hope you don't let someone's clumsy words and actions hurt your soft skin.

You don't have to be easily hurt by people who don't care about your careful heart.
I'm just grateful that there are warm people like you in this fierce and cold world.
--- From "A Soft Person Who Gets Hurt Easily"

The shadows of bright people are longer.

So, don't be too envious of people who seem bright.

Don't leave me alone when I'm having a hard time and smiling.

--- From "Bright People"

Having a lot of experience means you've met a lot of people and shared your feelings with them.
I spent my time listening to the voices of people in various positions, breaking down the prejudices I had in my narrow world.
I have walked countless fearful paths.
That we have borne the weight of the choices we have made countless times.
I have strived to have the right beliefs and a foundation for life, and above all, to know how to love properly and fight properly.
--- From "Becoming an Experienced Person"

You and I have different standards for cleaning and different standards for loyalty.
Our standards for dreams, our standards for feeling music, our standards for jokes and fashion are all different, so there are bound to be private conflicts in the traces you and I leave behind together.
In the midst of endless conflict, understanding and respecting each other begins with me not disregarding your standards.

A good relationship begins with acknowledging each other's differences and not looking down on each other's standards.

--- From "Good Relationships"

There are things that just make me feel at ease.

When your bank account is filled with money to a fortunate degree,
When there is a book next to the pillow,
When the words of a loved one surround you.

But the very things that make me comfortable are also the ones that make me the most anxious.

--- From "Comfortable Beings"

I decided not to care anymore about those who misunderstand me.

I decided not to give my time to people who believe and say whatever they want to believe.

At the same time as them, I will find my happiness.
--- From "Waste of Emotion"

You, who was one of a kind to someone, you are a good person no matter what anyone says.
You need a new love, a love unlike any before.
I need pure memories filled with love.
Because the way you loved was more beautiful than ever.
So, don't procrastinate, let go of the thought that there will never be a lover, and take a step toward the love that is waiting for you.
--- From "I hope you start loving"

Eventually we broke up.
It's a night when I want to fall asleep while completely drunk, but I'm afraid that I might contact you without realizing it.
I'm trying to endure this dark feeling, thinking it'll just dull itself after a few days, but it's too hard to endure this moment.
I hope you're thinking of me even during this time.
I wish I could think again about the actions that made me sad, the words that tired me out.
Yeah, that's a good choice.

--- From "Things That Will Happen in the End"

If you keep repeating the cycle of becoming worse than anyone else with someone who knows you better than you, you will meet them with the end in mind.
Then, at some point, the ending is no longer sad.
Preparing for sadness.
It is an effort to become indifferent to the breakup.
But even so, it was love that made all the previous efforts go down the drain.
Over and over again.

--- From "That Was Love"

Don't forget that more people than you think know how attractive you are.

Stop holding onto faint hopes in a relationship that's already strained, don't struggle in an ambiguous and irresponsible relationship, and instead, do what you love and increase your value. Then, you'll definitely find someone as wonderful as you and fall in love for eternity.

Right now is just a time of nourishment for good love, so you just have to live your life as yourself.
So never be small, and never lose yourself at any moment.

--- From "Don't Lose You"