the ex-boyfriend’s favourite recipe funeral committee – saki kawashiro
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“There is so much disconnect between reason and emotion that you’ve broken your mental equilibrium,” Hozumi observed.
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“This was before I joined the temple, when I was working for the trading house. I was going through a difficult time, and I turned to books. I found the words of people who were in the middle of their struggles more meaningful than those of people who had already made it through to the other side of the tunnel.”
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When you’re the one who’s always giving, the one who’s constantly supporting others, you forget that you’re allowed to ask for help. When someone lends you a hand, you feel a sense of guilt. It makes you feel as if you’re being selfish. When guilt becomes an ingrained habit, it’s not easily removed.
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There’s no better feeling than satisfying someone’s food cravings after they’ve made it through a really long day.
