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Direction

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Have I strayed?

Over the years, I have learned by experience

that to be a “good person” may need an effort.

It takes the fortune, the willingness, and the environment to display such disposition.

Nevertheless, I have found it to be all the more worthwhile in the end.

It opened the door to a kind of generosity I dreamed of.

To keep a kind heart takes an effort.

But it is worthwhile in the end.

7.29.2025

Knowledge

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I didn’t know that I didn’t know.

Should I be grateful for the realization?

No matter how badly I have wanted it,

without the knowledge, there is no use

of all the seemingly apt attitudes.

I suspect that knowledge humbles those who have it,

for they know the power it has over those who don’t,

and the possibility of hidden knowledge.

7.27.2025

Honesty

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I am always scared of honesty.

I am suspicious of the hidden intentions.

Underneath sweet words,

there are often sharp traps vying for blood.

Under the right circumstances,

it went a long way to take a leap of faith.

These are the instances

when even if I fall crashing down

I would feel alright for having put a faith in it.

For these moments, I stay steadfast ready.

7.25.2025

Nevertheless

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It dawned on me:

this is it as a life I have known.

I couldn’t care any less about how others viewed me.

What mattered was whom I knew,

how I made them feel,

and what I have done for them.

In the end, I remembered the forgiving hand.

I remembered the laughters I shared,

and I remembered the gratefulness I felt towards those who have put a faith in me.

7.21.2025