I've been told that I'm too soft and sensitive for this world, but I don't want to change. Being soft lets me accept other people's rejections and barbs with equanimity, lets me take the pain inside myself and mold it into my own shape. I want to hold a flower believing that it's a beautiful flower, not something doomed to die. The sun is bright and it may blind me sometimes, and sometimes I make mistakes and say terrible things, but I am still just a small flame in a big world. Whoever stands with me stays with me forever. Being soft is not a path towards cowardice or the inability to face the world. In truth, I think it's one of the most honest, sincere ways of living one's life, and I must be true to myself, forever.