look at me because I exist.

understanding. wanting to understand eachother.

hey pay attention to me

Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop - Hwang Bo-reum

But there's nothing wrong in you. It's just that we cannot be appreciated and accepted by everyone (or by all the people we'd like to), and that some relationships are not the ones for us. Plus, there may also be a problem of having different outlooks and ideas coming in between, or issues that are not compatible among each others. Whatever may be the reason, it won't always be like that. Don't be afraid of being yourself, of sticking to your values, of being seen for who you are and of receiving a no. It will hurt ofc, but it doesn't mean that you're not worthy or lovable in your entirety or by the whole world: you just didn't click with that person/people and that's okay. There are hundreds of others willing and waiting to click with you. Give yourself and them a chance.

If a friend replaces you with someone else, if they stop talking to you without warning, if they end the friendship by way of silence, it can still keep you awake at night wondering what you did wrong, and why you weren't enough.

Rainer Maria Rilke, from Where Silence Reigns: Selected Prose; "An Experience,"

Regardless of where I lived, my life would have been just like this. I’d be living the same mundane life, and no one would ever be interested in me. I felt like if I lived like this for too long, I’d shrivel up and die.

- "My Liberation Notes" ep 11, Kim Seok-yoon (2022)