brave

Dear E,
AH!,
Jie,
XW(because, lastly, you deserve this the least and have done the most for me):



Sometimes, I think life is too hard, and I desperately want to give up.
But then, you come along and remind me that this life is too rich to leave.
I love you dearly :)

greatly indebted to you,
Kimbo

"I must learn to love the fool in me--the one who feels too much, talks too much, takes too many chances, wins sometimes and loses often, lacks self-control, loves and hates, hurts and gets hurt, promises and breaks promises, laughs and cries. It alone protects me against that utterly self-controlled, masterful tyrant whom I also harbor and who would rob me of human aliveness, humility, and dignity but for my fool."
-- Theodore I. Rubin, MD

In the olden days, people memorized poems. If I were going to memorize one and hold it close to my heart, it would be this.




I was waiting for the longest time, she said. I thought you forgot.
It is hard to forget, I said, when there is such an empty space when you are gone.





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