On Days When You Feel Thin and Fragile | The Power of "Nori" to Wrap Your Heart🌿✨
~Because it is delicate, there are things it can gently wrap~
There are days when even the slightest touch
makes your heart feel like it might break.
A casual remark
lingers in your chest more than you expected🥹
Things you would normally let slide
you just can't seem to let go of today...
"Have I always been this weak?"
You might find yourself feeling that way
on days like this🌙
Welcome to the Heart-Healing Restaurant🐰🍽️✨
Today, Chef Usakichi has once again
prepared a dish that gently snuggles up
to your heart🍳💛
Today's menu
is "Nori," which gently accompanies
the Japanese dining table🌿✨
Nori is a very thin ingredient.
If you pull it a little too hard,
it can tear right away😮
If it absorbs moisture,
it may lose its crisp form.
However,
thatthinness is not just a weakness.
🍚Gently wrapping white rice
🍙Softly supporting an onigiri
🤤Bringing small ingredients together
and leaving their fragrance in a single bite...
Perhaps it is precisely because nori is thin
that it can gently conform to the shape of others🌿
Your heart might be a little similar.
🫧Being easily hurt
🫧 Taking people's words too deeply to heart
🫧 Reading the room too much and
feeling exhausted afterward.
There are days when I think of these as
"weaknesses."I have.
But in truth,
perhaps it is precisely because of that sensitivity
that you are able to notice the small changes in others🌸😊
💛 Sensing the loneliness hidden behind words
💛 Noticing the strain behind a smile
💛 Gently keeping your distance while
still being able to wrap the other person in care
Because your heart is fragile,
you know the pain of being treated roughly.
That is precisely why
you may be able to
touch someone else's heart with such gentleness🌸
Chef Usakichi
picked up a sheet of crisp nori
and said this🐰🌿
"Just because it's thin,
doesn't mean it's only weak.
There are things that can only be wrapped
by a soft heart,
you know."🐰🍳✨
💐 It is okay if you don't
feel like you have to be strong
💐 It is okay if you don't
become someone who feels nothing
💐 Within your easily wounded heart,
there is, in equal measure,
a gentleness that can softly wrap someone else✨
I believe that not breaking
is not the only form of strength.
Even while feeling like you might break,
you have protected what is precious until today.
That, too, is truly
one of your strengths😊🌿
Thank you for reading until the end
again today💐
May your delicate heart
leave behind a gentle fragrance,
like nori that softly wraps someone else🐰🍽️🌿✨
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