The Time That Shapes Me (autographed edition)

Prologue

Chapter 1
The time when I meet myself

The cup I made fell out of shape, and somehow, I loved it
The reason I couldn’t let it go
When anxiety finds me
When a quiet person is sincere
Not ‘Why,’ But ‘I hear you’
It was on the ground that I found my strength
Understanding too much makes me disappear
The warmth left at my fingertips
The memory of my first bowl
Why I chose this path
How to endure discomfort
The bowl most like me
When the clay answers

Chapter 2
The time that shapes me

Are you anxious
What is learned only by facing it
I won’t shape myself to others’ standards
Familiar doesn’t always mean good
Each day may look the same, but it never truly is
Even a wrong choice was still a path
Growth I found in my time alone
I’ve set my standard for others
The practice of centering
My own measure
The difference small habits make
It’s okay to start again
Doing only as much as I can
It is okay not to be perfect

Chapter 3
The time that fires me

The belief that we can be understood
without words is just an illusion
The heart hidden behind a smile
Feelings don’t disappear just because you hide them
Often, I regret not speaking
The truest words are always saved for last
More than words, the mood is remembered
Just started for love, and it led me here
Lessons forged only in fire
How to let emotions flow
Even anxiety is a material

Chapter 4
The time to live as myself

Applauding the person I am now
Life is shaped, slowly and solidly
Achievements known only to me
A small luxury found in the familiar
The face of an uneventful day
Those who stay beside me in silence
There is a temperature between people
Traces left in my hands
A few people I can lean on
Even a flawed bowl still has its use
It’s okay to be slow
A day of refilling