If this was the past, then it held nothing of use. - Toshikazu Kawaguchi

surviving alone is much the same as dying alone

You should be proud of yourself for sticking with it and never giving up. You were amazing in your persistence. It didn't happen by magic! Remember when I called out to you on that day? Your life didn't suddenly transform by itself, did it? None of your problems suddenly fixed themselves, did they? But you looked to the future and preserved. You have what you have today because you never gave up telling yourself that you had to be happy.

I was so absorbed in the things that I couldn't change, I forgot the most important thing. It's always the heart. Situations might not change, but people change.