@Usagi 10 February 2021 more from that month

Here's to those who once refused to take the risk, but still ended up being happy right now: Remember when you once called yourself "loser" and "shameful one" just because you didn't dare to gamble with fate? At this point, look at you—you are contented with what you are and what you have. Now, stop addressing yourself as a coward; because you admitting to your own being that you can't win that fight should also be considered a "hero", perhaps not for anybody else, but for yourself. So what if they can't understand your choice of saving yourself from a greater kind of pain? As long as you are genuinely joyful right now, you know within you that you made the right decision. —Ren Ednalig | #37of366 Illustration: Daniela Gallego