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Life--a wayward mystery; human--an inexplicable mess. You think you know him, until one day you realize-- you only see what you want to see, or he only lets you see what you want to see. You think you know her, until one meeting when it suddenly dawns on you-- she has never taken any of your advice, but she often comes to seek your advice. "Why?" You ask bluntly, drowning politeness to death, risking eight years of friendship on a question mark. You think you are a perceptible and sensitive soul, until one reflection a decade later when you remember-- he hinted, he tried to connect, he said things, but you missed all the signals. How come you didn't notice such obvious sign of possibilities? Aren't you the dumbest, most insensitive person in the world?
Haoyan Do 
We humans are puzzles and our pieces don’t really fit right. Haha. It’s an ever-learning process. So one must accept and move forth prepared to teach and learn new lessons. 🙂
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Yes, it is an endless lesson and the learning process just keeps going and going. And we also have to prepare to unlearn old lessons. Life is a mystery.
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This poem literally spoke to me. SO hard hitting! It’s like you wrote this for me.
Oozing wisdom , my friend. Very deep and philosophical. Brilliant poem!!!! 👌 Happy new year 2022 to you and yours!
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Thank you, Sam. You and I have gone through the same life experience, it seems. We’ve all been there. I’ve always felt that the old me is too naive and the new me is very matured, until later when I find that the matured me is still quite green.
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Amazing!!
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Thank you.
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I know
after the fact
what better
would have been
I know
after a
confrontation
with others
what conduct
would have been better
the failure
the mistakes
the unconscious
to endure in humility
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Lovely poem. So true. And your last line–I just want to add that the memory is always there and will never go away.
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Wow wonderfully written 👏 👌
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Thank you, such sweet encouragement.
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A wayward mystery for inexplicable messes. So well put. We cannot be too hard on ourselves given that reality!
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So true. Don’t be too hard on ourselves or on others. Life is not supposed to be categorized or well ordered, but still I can’t help to follow marie kondo…
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Another interesting balancing act between chaos and order!
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Thank you. And chaos seems to be winning whenever order is not vigilant.
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