The Shape in Progress

When I look at takoyaki, I feel a bit strange.
It's hard to imagine from that round shape, but the beginning is so messy.


You pour in the batter, add the ingredients, and there's no shape yet.
When you're a beginner, you don't even know what to do or where to start.
Honestly, even while you're making it, it doesn't look very pretty.


But from there, it gets flipped over and over, and little by little, it takes shape.
And before you know it, it's perfectly round.

I feel like people's hearts are a little bit similar.
When things don't go well one after another, or when things aren't what you imagined,
there are quite a lot of moments when everything feels messy.



"Why can't I do this right?"


"My feelings are all over the place..."

And so on.


But maybe, that just means you're still

"in progress."Even with takoyaki, it's because of that messy state that it becomes perfectly round later.It's not perfectly formed from the very beginning.



Rather, it gets flipped over and over, falls apart a little, and gets reshaped again.
Through that repetition, that roundness is created.

The heart is the same; when it's a mess, you can't think clearly.But there will surely come a day when, in a sudden moment, you'll think,
"Maybe things have changed a little."


Besides, even if you try to cook takoyaki the same way, they don't all turn out the same.
Some are crispy on the outside, and some are soft and fluffy.


It's not about which is better or which is the correct way.



So, even if your heart is a little messy, that is just


the shape in progress.
It's just not formed yet; it doesn't mean it's bad.It's a precious time before it becomes your own unique shape.So for now, you don't have to try to make it perfect.
The messiness in your heart right now will also take shape in time.