There's no need to try so hard to be ones true self. There'll be a sense of detachment from a past self anyway. Time will pass, memories will be erased or distorted slightly or more. Everyone should have their own safe illusion, i think.
True self is always changing... Or other way, you always have different opinion of what your true self is like. I get lost once in a while, sometimes for long.

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I'd like to open up the space in people's hearts to allow even one more of those miracles to occur. That blank space, in most cases, will just get in the way of living. No matter how fulfilled a life you lead, that sense of absence will continue to cast a small shadow on your life. Yes, this is also a kind of curse.

©Sugaru Miaki, (???) + "Your Story"
translation by: vgperson