What it Means to Make the Most of Yourself

Do not kill yourself

Not going against the flow is
not the same as killing yourself

If you force yourself to resist, you will only get tired;
if you collide head-on, you will only get hurt

In a river-like flow,
no matter how much you struggle,
you probably won't reach where you want to go

That does not mean you should give up.

However, if struggling becomes the goal—
I feel like you will lose sight of the direction you truly want to head in.

Rather than continuing to force yourself in a world you cannot see,
where are you?
where do you want to go?
Perhaps the first step is to know that...

Let's try relaxing for a moment and letting yourself go with the flow.

Perhaps
there might be a piece of driftwood to grab onto.

In a place you couldn't see,
there might be land where you can rest for a while.

To make the most of yourself,
you must know where you are.

Just as it is difficult to live in this "real world"
if you do not know words and language,

If there is a way to do things on note,
then you should learn that way.

Within the flow,
as if drawing in other currents,

use the many eddies
to head in the direction you want to go.

And
overlap only with the flows that move in the same direction.

To protect yourself,
resisting,
fighting—
make sure that does not end up killing you.

Do not go against the flow, and make the most of yourself.
I felt that I could follow this path.

Do everything you can.
Today, too, I will weave words that do not kill myself.

To you, who are about to drown in the river of note,
and to myself, I offer this prayer.