... I would say Mine needs to accept the person he is is enough, before even thinking of trying to improve himself, then. That that person has worth and deserves to live. Both to you and the people around him. No matter how flawed he is. That he won't be abandoned or rejected or betrayed.
Otherwise nothing will improve, no matter what is done.
It's probably the most difficult journey a person can take. But if he's going to truly live, he must.
Even among friends, it wasn't something to talk about. It won't shock you that the yakuza are more the type to suffer in silence. It's strange to pull open such an old wound.
I can relate. Some things are just too vulnerable even for the people we care for. Especially them. Not when you have to be the one that doesn't crumble.
[Or for as much as they love you and want to protect you, they'd let things slip to the ones that would hurt you, tear you down.]
Yes. It tells you how much it's really healed. And how much is just... convincing yourself it did. It's always an experience.
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Date: 2021-04-14 07:38 pm (UTC)From:That is him. Through a mirror, perhaps darkly.
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I think... perhaps, I understand.
... I would say Mine needs to accept the person he is is enough, before even thinking of trying to improve himself, then. That that person has worth and deserves to live. Both to you and the people around him. No matter how flawed he is. That he won't be abandoned or rejected or betrayed.
Otherwise nothing will improve, no matter what is done.
It's probably the most difficult journey a person can take. But if he's going to truly live, he must.
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Date: 2021-04-15 05:40 am (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2021-04-15 09:51 am (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2021-04-16 02:31 am (UTC)From:Sorry, if it isn't now. I know it can... be just as hard on the outside.
I appreciate it.
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Date: 2021-04-16 10:50 am (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2021-04-18 06:06 am (UTC)From:It won't shock you that the yakuza are more the type to suffer in silence.
It's strange to pull open such an old wound.
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Date: 2021-04-19 04:42 am (UTC)From:[Or for as much as they love you and want to protect you, they'd let things slip to the ones that would hurt you, tear you down.]
Yes. It tells you how much it's really healed. And how much is just... convincing yourself it did. It's always an experience.
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Date: 2021-04-19 06:37 am (UTC)From:It's not something to wish on anyone.
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Date: 2021-04-21 06:06 am (UTC)From: