Chapter 1 Love & Like
Two unrequited loves beyond the illusion of loving each other.

Chapter 2 Myself
I realized it wasn't that I was hurt.
It's not over, it's back to how it was.

Chapter 3 Life
The key to getting out of a problem is outside the problem.

Chapter 4 Happiness
The more you look for happiness, the further it goes away.
Because you are happiness itself.

I seek affection and happiness from those around me to fill my void.
I went on a journey to find the future, not the here and now.

But where I am now is here.
When the 'me' who was seeking happiness surrendered, happiness was here and now.

The author of this book, Daiki Shimizu, felt a sense of loss due to the illusion that he was separate from the world, and to fill that void, he sought affection and happiness from those around him and embarked on a journey to find a future, not the here and now.
For him, who was struggling in the vast ocean of life, books on psychology and self-help were of great help.
However, as his health deteriorated to the point of being on the verge of death, and he suffered from panic disorder and anxiety disorder, he was forced to abandon the things he had been holding onto along with the tube, as he encountered the harsh waves of reality that could not be endured with just a tube.

At that time, his outlook on life was shaken, and he realized that he was not a being separate from the world, but a being living as the main character in this world.
And then he realized that he had been living in a completely opposite world, that he had been creating suffering for himself by insisting that he had to love and be happy.
This book is a collection of '117 messages to find the answers to life' that came from his experiences and the concerns of countless people.


We often say, "What you think about becomes what you make it," but there's a truth we often miss.
This means that ‘thought itself becomes reality.’
For example, the thought 'I need money' reflects the reality 'but I don't have money right now', so the reality you think you have is 'I don't have money'.
In other words, you will end up living in poverty.

It's not that I'm unhappy because it's raining, or that I'm unhappy because I've been heartbroken.
Reality doesn't hurt us.
It is only our miserable hardening of our hearts toward reality that hurts us.
Reality is much softer and warmer than our hardened hearts.


Not a being that will become happy someday,
At this moment, we are already happy beings.

If you study hard, you will get into a good school someday.
If you get a lot of certifications, you will get a good job someday.
If you say you're lucky, one day you'll really be lucky.
If you follow the habits that make you happy, you will eventually become happy...

At some point, we stopped finding happiness in the present and started chasing only the future.
But what you can do now, you will one day not be able to do.
A scenery that can be seen at any time will one day no longer be seen.
People who are always together will one day not be able to be together.
But what you may not be able to do someday, you can do now.
You can now go see scenery that you may never be able to see again.
There is someone by my side now who I will no longer be able to be with someday.


How many more spring days will we be able to see cherry blossoms in the future?
How many more people will we be able to meet in the future?
You can do things now that you might not be able to do someday.
If I could live in the present as if I had traveled back in time to the present moment in a time machine, life would definitely become more enjoyable and dramatic.

Shimizu Daiki consistently sends out poetry and messages to people through his official blog and social media, and his writings, which comfort the hearts of those in distress, are supported by numerous readers.