Quotes
Wow, it's been forever since I updated this thing but I'm glad it's still here. I just wanted to post a quote that I heard as I was watching one of my favorite anime shows, XXXHolic:
Yuko says, "You don't belong only to yourself, you know? There isn't anything in this world that belongs to only yourself. Everyone has connections to someone else and shares something with them through these. That is why you can never be free. That is also why it is amusing, sad and dear."
This saying reminds us that our decisions are not really ours and what we do is not only for ourselves but for those who care for us and who we care for as well. The "self" is really just an illusion. We really are never truly alone. Even within our bones and blood, there are traces of family; ancestors from the years whose genes and atoms swim inside us, a inheritance of body. Our decisions are our duties to the past and our connections to our present and those we love.
Yuko says, "You don't belong only to yourself, you know? There isn't anything in this world that belongs to only yourself. Everyone has connections to someone else and shares something with them through these. That is why you can never be free. That is also why it is amusing, sad and dear."
This saying reminds us that our decisions are not really ours and what we do is not only for ourselves but for those who care for us and who we care for as well. The "self" is really just an illusion. We really are never truly alone. Even within our bones and blood, there are traces of family; ancestors from the years whose genes and atoms swim inside us, a inheritance of body. Our decisions are our duties to the past and our connections to our present and those we love.