love is all ; knowledge is power

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we can all become wiser, kinder, and smile more

it is forever in our genes ⋆. 𐙚 ̊

because no matter how powerless and helpless you may feel in life, you can always control what you say. you can make every word count for something. on your dimmest days, you can hear things that change your heart, or words that change your mind. and i believe that there is power in that.

that same power, the one that every one of us holds, lies within ourselves. dancing on our tongues to deliver, and through our ears it is received.

and sure, language is limited. with every sentence we speak, we rely heavily on nuance and feeling. however, i like to think that there is no better reassurance than finally finding the right words. for it is only through language that we can carefully construct the feelings we can't convey into a tangible understanding. hey, even with just a few words, you can connect with people from an entirely different way of life !

Miss Saeki looks at me with great interest. "As long as there's such a thing as time, everybody's damaged in the end, changed into something else. It always happens, sooner or later."

you want to watch tv shows but don’t really care for speaking with others? yay!! no speaking practice needed.

you want to learn quickly for an upcoming trip? yay! text book phrases and simple grammar.

you’re a beginner and it’s been 10 years? 2 weeks? 6 months? it doesn’t matter. as long as you are working towards bringing YOURSELF closer to what YOU want to achieve, you have succeeded: you are succeeding; you are doing great.

i find that so much demotivation comes from comparison and/or trying to follow other's advice too closely. if anki decks don't work for you, that's fine! if duolingo works well for you, then use it!

this language learning thing, it should be enjoyed. in the sea full of deceptive polyglot stories and videos on top of videos attempting to understand how to learn languages in "the fastest way possible" sometimes we should sit back and ask ourselves, "when is just learning things, enough"?

what is your definition of "fluency"? at what point do you say you can “speak" a language?