[Let's step forward at your own pace]
Here are three books that taught me to go at my own pace 📚
1.
The Witch of the West is dead.
Satisfaction: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Ease of reading: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
I love this view of the world. Every time I turn the page, quotes that shake my heart will gently penetrate into my chest.
While living with her grandmother, Mai learned to "decide everything by herself," and was saved many times by the message that in the end you can choose for yourself - joy, hope, happiness.
2.
We live
Recommendation: ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5
Ease of reading: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
It is a very gentle story with such a message flowing throughout.
Life begins to move when a young man / life (Jinsei) who became a shut-in headed to Tateshina where his grandmother is. Family problems, dementia, bullying... Although it deals with heavy themes, it is a book that made me realize that people can stand up many times.
3.
Spin the clouds
Satisfaction: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Ease of reading: ★ ★ ★ ★
Bullying, distance from family, low self-esteem. It is a theme that makes your chest hurt, but it is a book with a warmth that gradually touches your heart.
When I'm feeling down, I tend to just look at my weaknesses, but it's a work that gently says, "Look at the good points as well." The appearance of Mio regaining herself gave me courage as I read it.
Books that I want to deliver to people who try too hard!
You can stop.
If you go at your own pace little by little, that's okay.
Three books that will make you feel that way.
If you are interested, please read it 🌱✨
この3冊の本は、それぞれが重いテーマを扱いながらも、読む人に前向きな気持ちを育んでくれます。私自身も『西の魔女が死んだ』を読んだ時、主人公まいが祖母との暮らしの中で「自分で決めること」を学んでいく過程に大きく共感し、自分の選択に自信を持つきっかけになりました。 『生きるぼくら』では、引きこもりの青年が環境を変えながら少しずつ立ち上がっていく様子が描かれていて、辛い時期を経験した私にとっては希望の物語に感じられました。家族の問題や認知症、いじめという現代社会が抱える課題を通じ「何度でも立ち上がる力」を教えてくれます。 『雲を紡ぐ』は、いじめや家族との距離に悩み自己肯定感が低くなってしまった少女が、自分の良さを見つけて取り戻していく物語です。落ち込んだ時にはつい短所ばかり見てしまいがちですが、この本は優しく「良いところも見てあげて」と語りかけてくれます。 どの作品も、頑張りすぎる自分に立ち止まることも許しながら、自分のペースで歩んでいいというメッセージが込められています。読書を通じて自分らしく生きるヒントを得たい方にぴったりの3冊です。ぜひ手に取って、あなたの心をゆっくりと育ててみてください。読書は時に心の癒しであり、新たな一歩を踏み出す力になります。