to ateez: goodmorning! i hope you've all had best sleep after schedules and that everything today goes well. a lot is happening; the sky feels like it's mirroring right now; the slow, faltering, yet continued steps over the past years building towards a crescendo leading to whatever the future holds. whether storm or healing rain, i'm holding onto hope, to faith. seemingly overnight, the apple blossoms are nearing their bloom. contrasting the sky, it feels like they awaited just this moment to be a sign of encouragement. something like "keep going; even though so much has been endured so long, it's your time now. everything will settle into place. have courage, just like these flowers, to open even in uncertain weather. it will be ok." if only you could see how many of the lovely violets are creating their own blanket of colour. they too feel like a promise. the sky, though filled with clouds, and these flowers feel like the embodiment of faith and hope. so i wanted to share them with you as well. there's a quote i read some time ago: "love doesn't mean abandoning yourself to make someone else happy. love means being willing to be your truest self." and i'm learning that, however slowly. it's one of the bravest things a soul can be, shining its truest essence. i think part of the reason it took me so long to begin to love myself was because i wasn't allowed to know myself. it's in knowing that one finds understanding, and through understanding one finds love. i'm getting there, little by little each day. i hope that, through my own learning, growing, the path to knowing, you can receive peace wherever it may be needed in your own lives. thank you for being a treasure on that journey; for being by my side, as i will always be by yours. take care well again today, stay healthy and stay safe. eat well, rest well, be gentle and patient and kind to your hearts. just like those ephemeral blossoms that fade and yet return again, so too do we grow and find new beginnings. wherever you are, may you be wrapped warmly in love, sheltered through life's storms, and emerge in full colour. individually, as yourselves, the most beautiful of all. sending you all of my light, love, healing protecting energy, and kindest wishes for your day and each step onwards. fighting! i love you all so much. 💚🎶🐦☀️🌕✨️🍀☘️🌻 -ari #ateez #에이티즈 #hongjoong #홍중 #seonghwa #성화 #yunho #윤호 #yeosang #여상 #san #산 #mingi #민기 #wooyoung #우영 #jongho #종호 #ariatiny #larknotes