Dear my youth, I hope that I can bring the best out of you and gain a lot of experiences and wisdom from all the challenges that you give to me. Run along with me and let us reach the finishing line together.

Remember, you are doing so great right now despite how much you might think you're not, and you'll be so proud of yourself in the future when you look back at everything you've done or try to do. Don't be too hard on yourself and don't allow your doubts or regrets prevent you from going after what you want. Believe in your light and let it naturally shine.

Happy 10 years with BTS! This podcast episode is dedicated to the artists, the musicians, the songs, and the lyrics that saved me from this dark world. I truly appreciate and admire BTS so much for their music, their passion, their authenticity, and their messages that helped me and many others push through the most difficult moments in life. They encourage me to keep on trying and improving myself so that I can also help others and give back to the world in my own ways. For this episode, I just wanted to show my appreciation towards BTS and all their efforts, tell a bit of my own story, as well as to share the two poems I wrote that was inspired by and dedicated to BTS.

I love to drown myself in the ambience created by the sound of silence, especially after loud and overwhelming moments or activities. In our world, it's extremely difficult to find time or places that are completely silent, besides artificial man-made rooms of course. But, somehow, the soft gentle noises that we hear within the silence just naturally blend in all together and they make up such a peaceful and relaxing atmosphere. That is the sound of silence.

What are some of your favorite calming sounds? A few of my favorite include soft rustling noises, water running or dripping, wind blowing, birds chirping, and any other nature-related sounds.

Just a short little podcast that describes my concert experience mentioned in the last episode, along with a poem to acknowledge and feel the feelings that came with the experience. I've added some fun easter eggs (song titles from the setlist and other things related to the artists/group) within my poem so major thumbs up to you if you know who or which concert I'm talking about ;)

Learn from our pasts, improve for our futures, but make changes for the very moment that we're living in right now - the present.

Dear younger me, dear my inner child, and dear the current me who is uploading this podcast right now,

I'll try my best on this journey to make sure that no one is left behind, so that we can all reunite in the present to pursue our purpose and dreams, while heading to meet our future self that will be proudly welcoming us and sharing good news with us that we've been waiting our whole life for. We'll no longer be searching for each other, but rather, we'll hold each other's hands tightly as we continue to walk forward as one complete person.

The path to the future is nothing but mysteries, the types of mysteries that can only be created by our actions in the moment and can never be discovered until the steps of our actions naturally lead us to them. Sometimes, other mysteries appear that are completely out of our control, both good and bad, and we have no choice but to just accept them as a part of our lives. All of these mysteries are not something exciting like we usually see in cartoons or fictional movies, but rather, they provoke our deepest fears to crawl out and cloud our sights from the path to our desired futures. This is uncertainty. Uncertainty can surely make us afraid and lose track of ourselves, but we are the ones stopping us from taking another step forward on the real path.

It's quite hard to be prideful and still keep ourselves humble enough to not let it interfere with our work and social relationships. The sense of pride can either be a satisfaction or pleasure derived from our achievements, or it can represent self-respect. Either way, just like other emotions that we feel, it's important to control our pride to a certain point, so that we can properly express it when the chances arrive and be able to make good decisions in situations where pride might get in the way. Similar to roses, pruning the sense of pride will help it bloom more wonderfully.

Take my hand and let us push through another painful night together, so that one day, we can welcome in the light that leads us to our beautiful tomorrows. Don't be afraid to reach out to anyone for help, and please know that you are extremely capable of inspiring others, putting a smile on their faces, and achieving any goal that you set your mind onto, including saving the world.