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This morning, My best friend Jasmine in China texted me about that she just published the second post on her little social media. It is about how she was impacted by the book No Longer Human, written by the Japanese novelist Osamu Dazai(だざい おさむ,太宰治).
A little background there. Jasmine and I have been best friends since middle school. As I remembered, she always has a talent for connecting meanings and emotions behind words and a passion for truth and integrity.
Jasmine followed her heart and chose to major in journalism. And I still think she made the right choice as her writing style are still that serious but intrinsic. I could see her trying so hard sitting in front of the computer and immersing in another realm and getting deeply touched.
Kind of deep I think…
I replied after quickly browsing her post.
“No, no, no, It’s not deep” “The book is too great!” “Too great that I could explode right now*” Jasmine suddenly got excited and tried to convince me to read the book
No, I mean the tension above the sentences.
I thanked her but refused her invitation. The book is about writer’s five failures of attempting suicides. However, as you took a look, every word, you can feel the writer’s struggle, sadness, despair… those emotions like the river come beyond the surface, slowly, slowly through your body and resonated with your heart.
That’s why I don’t want to read that type of book. Those words will drag me into a dark space and drained all the energy.
I also want to write something! Hahaha, but I can’t.
As I typed that sentence back, a voice rose in my mind:
Wait, can I?
Though English is not my first language, though I have trouble putting my thoughts into words, though I am not good at writing at all – I always, always have a desire –
To share my life, my observations, and my passions with people around me.
I do want to write something, something general, grateful, human nature stuff in my life and share with others.
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So that’s why I finally decided to open a small niche.
I want to observe, discover, reflect, share, connect and engage.
I want to share my thoughts about people, culture, education, technology, design, creativity
I want to write down every person I meet who have passions for life and others.
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Most importantly,
I want to make a small change. I want to learn from them and grow. Being around with more people and being exposed to more culture will keep remember me how small I am, how big the world is, and how fantastic human beings are.
Let me open eyes wider to explore something different, appreciate the great human nature, and then, make the world a better and more empathic one.
Here starts with Clear’s personal development journey.