🎙️ The 'courage to let things slide' is a transparent shield that protects you.
Good evening.
I am Kuai, a former science lab assistant.
How are you spending your Tuesday night?
[Regarding the articles I am posting on behalf of someone else.]
This note is a story written by a 58-year-old friend of mine who is living with schizophrenia and aiming to become a writer.
Currently, he is in a place without internet access, receiving daily living support, and carving words one by one onto a USB flash drive.
While working on light tasks that pay 0.5 yen per sheet, he loves reading Heidegger and Grossman,
and I, his friend, am ghostwriting and posting the trajectory of his search for 'words of truth' from the corners of society.
I truly hope his words reach many people.
A trivial remark someone made to you today
is stuck in your heart and won't come out...
Are you spending your night like that?
In the world of science,
there is a phenomenon called
'transmission,' where light passes through a substance.
Substances that absorb all light
turn pitch black, but
water and glass, which let light pass right through,
look clear and beautiful, don't they?
Actually, our hearts,
depending on how we handle external stimuli,
change their transparency.
When I was young, whenever someone said something to me,
I would take it all head-on.
'I have to talk back'
'I have to correct them'
'I have to tell them for their own good...' I would think desperately and talk back
and
At times, I was deeply hurt or filled with regret,
and I felt completely worn out.
But after encountering Adlerian psychology
and growing older,
I have gradually changed.
Now, instead of trying to force others to change their words,
I simply accept them by saying, 'Maybe so,'
and I have become comfortable with letting things slide.
This does not mean
that I have become cold.
It is because of what Adler calls the 'separation of tasks'...
In other words, how others feel is their task,
and my worth is not determined by that,
so I have become able to draw a line.
And, even without any evidence,
I have gained the courage to 'trust' others
and leave them be.
To all of you who are tired of human relationships:
That stinging remark someone made today,
is something you do not need
to take into your heart.
Why not imagine yourself as transparent glass,
and let those words
pass right through you?
Whisper 'maybe so' to yourself,
and let it slide.
Allowing things to 'pass through' like this
keeps you beautiful,
and is the 'courage' needed
to greet tomorrow in a good mood.
Tonight, let all the
unnecessary words accumulated in your heart escape.
Return to your transparent self
before you get into bed.
Now, have a good night's sleep.
This was Kuuai, a former science lab assistant.
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