Fighting for a Healthy Life (Reprint, Paperback)

This book is a re-printed paperback edition of "Striving to Be Well," with two new poetry prefaces.

To be a useful good person, one must first strive to be well. As long as you don't despair about your own life, you won't despair about the world. — Dedicated to those whose "hearts ache, because they are willing to ache" at this very moment.

As I fell asleep with red eyes from watching horrific live streams, grieving for strangers who felt so familiar, my dearest loved one suddenly passed away.

The pain of personal sorrow intertwined with public events, all because of love.

Love reminds us how we once struggled, so we must strive to live and struggle to be human.

In extraordinary times, it is even more important to maintain daily life.

So, have I recovered by now? Not yet. I'm not in a hurry, nor do I have the heart to recover completely.

As the lyricist of "Striving to Be Well," I would say that I will not be a person who lets go of "her."

As the author of this book, "Striving to Be Well," I recorded firsthand the experience of "as your strength is, so shall your days be," and also came to understand the power of "helplessness," and the truth that love and pain coexist.

To preserve an innocent soul, one must still live on well.