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What Repentance Means

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Repentance isn't a habit of feeling bad about what you've done — it's cutting it off entirely and making a turning point in your life. 

It has to come with a life-changing decision — like Kim Yu-sin cutting down the horse that carried him to the courtesan's house while he was asleep.




Aging

Easing up, plain and raw.

Success is waking up in the morning
and heading out with excitement about what the day holds.

The joy that sits in the background.

'Can I do it well?' → 'What can I do right now so I'll do it well?' (what I should do).

Gris-le-ore.

The strong, who've lived with power all their lives, don't know how to respect it. But the weak know the value of a power they can't see. And they can feel compassion.

A decent human being — imperfect, but capable of considering the weak.

The five senses, drama (image — where was that?) (story — something I like, something tied to me), motivation, the brain (cognition, semiotics — positively), play (imagination).

What's easier than going up against the best? That's not even a skill.

Big ambitions, but not a bright head on top.

Everyone makes mistakes. But what you do next is different for each of us — what kind of person will you be?

Don't walk toward your dream — walk while carrying it.

not to be free, just from free

This English version was translated by Claude.

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Pleasant Charles — UI/UX researcher at AIT. Keeping notes on design, planning, and slow days here since 2010.

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