What are you most proud of in your life?

Honestly, there aren’t many things I feel proud of.

I once thought that, in today’s Taiwan—where the environment keeps worsening and the government often sets bad examples—

being able to stay true to myself might be something to be proud of.

But the more I think about it, that’s really just the basic standard of being human. Nothing to brag about.

What truly makes me happy

is being able to keep close with the people I love—

to care for each other, even from afar.

It’s not about pride,

but every time I think of them, there’s this quiet warmth that fills my heart.

Maybe that’s the real reason

I can still hold on to my sense of self in this messy world.