* the importance of innocence..

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Because it has lived its life intensely

the parched grass stil attracts the gaze of passers-by.

the flowers merely flower,

and they do this as well as they can.

the white lily, bloomimg unseen in the valley,

does not need to explain itself to anyone;

it lives merely for beauty.

men, however, cannot accept that 'merely'.

if tomatoes wanted to be melons,

they wud look completely ridiculous.

i am always amazed

that so many people are concerned

with wanting to be what they are not;

what's the point of making yourself look ridiculous?

you don't always have to pretend to be strong,

there's no need to prove all the time that everything is going well,

you shouldn't be concerned about what other people are thinking,

cry if you need to,

it's good to cry out all your tears

because only then will you be able to smile again..

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by mitsuo aida (1924-1991)

"How i'm amazed by the beauty of this poem. He used 'nature' very nicely and make it very meaningful lines to show what life is all about and how the innocence makes a better change of ourself.Yes, sometimes,emm,all the times- - we just have to be ourself and we'll see insyaAllah ~ there's greater outcome from our honesty, rather than trying to be something or somebody that we think will make us looks better and being appreciated..oh.and the last paragraph really makes my heart~feeling~ ~ ----->> coz i'm always pretending to be strong.and people ( esp my mom) believe it.well well well..and i love to cry a lot.not good,isn't it?

but..being yourself-doesn't mean we have to JUST being ourself~

• still have to muhasabah diri and look for our kekurangan dan kelemahan.kan.
• still have to seek others advice on things that we want to improve.kan.
  

innocent?