For Days When You Want to Protect Your Tender Heart | "Toast" and the Boundaries of the Heart🍞✨
～It's okay to keep the outside crispy and protect the fluffy inside～
On days when you find yourself
taking in other people's words and the atmosphere
a little too much🏠
🥐Someone else's mood
🥐A casual remark
🥐The atmosphere of the room
Even though these things shouldn't really be yours,
before you know it, they've crept into your heart,
and you might feel a little tired🌙
"I need to be stronger..."
"I have to try not to let it bother me💦"
Even if you think that,
your tender heart
can sometimes
feel everything so easily.
But
I don't think being tender
is a bad thing at all✨
What's important
might just be
how you choose to protect
that tenderness.
Welcome to the Heart-Soothing Restaurant🐰🍽️✨
Today, Chef Usakichi has
prepared a dish that will gently
nestle up to your heart🍳🐰
Today's menu is
the fragrant, golden-brown
"Toast" from the morning table🍞✨
When you put a slice of bread in the toaster,
the white, soft surface
gradually begins to turn golden brown.
✨A toasted golden-brown color
✨A fragrant, savory aroma that spreads through the air
When you hold it with your fingers,
the outside is crispy
However,
inside, it still properly
retains its fluffy
softness😊💕
If it were completely mushy on the outside,
just holding it
might cause it to lose its shape🫠
But,
if it were to become completely hard,
then it would become
a bit difficult to chew, wouldn't it?😯
Crispy on the outside
Fluffy on the inside...💛
Perhaps that perfect balance
is what creates
the deliciousness of toast🍞✨
I think the heart
is somewhat similar.
The kinder a person is,
the more they offer up the fluffy parts inside themselvesjust as they are
without reservationat times.
🌸Not wanting to hurt the other person
🌸Not wanting to make them feel bad
🌸Wanting to truly understand them
Before you know it,
you might find yourself letting
someone else's words or emotions
deep into your own heart.
But,
the tender, true feelings inside you
do not have to be shown to everyone in their entirety😊
💚The fact that you were actually hurt
💚The fact that you were actually tired
💚The fact that you actually wanted to keep a little distance
I think it is perfectly fine to gently protect
those fluffy feelings
so that they aren't handled roughly🌸
Boundaries are
not just walls for rejecting people
They are like a toasted outer crust
to keep your precious heart
precious
🥐"Let's leave it at this for today"
🥐 "Let's leave those words outside for a little while."
🥐 "You don't have to take it all in right now."
Perhaps it is because of that small, crispy protection
that the fluffiness inside
can safely remain there.😊💕
Chef Usakichi
said this while placing
the freshly baked toast on a plate.🐰🍞
"A tender heart is
precious just as it is.
That is exactly why
it is okay to have
a little bit of crispy protection on the outside.
You don't have to give everything to everyone.
You are allowed to cherish and protect
the fluffiness inside.🐰🌸"
🐰 Being strong
does not mean feeling nothing.
🐰 It does not mean losing your kindness.
True strength
might be knowing your own tenderness
and not letting others
treat it roughly.
🍞 You don't have to accept everything.
🍞 You don't have to respond to everything with a smile.
🍞 You don't have to blame yourself for everything.
Create a little bit of
golden-brown protection on the outside.✨☕
And on the inside,
keep your own unique fluffiness
safely intact.
I think it is perfectly fine
to have a heart shaped like that.😊🍞
Thank you for reading until the end
again today.💐
May your tender heart
be wrapped in just the right amount of crispy protection,
and may you feel
fluffy and at ease again today.🐰🍽️🍞✨
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