No matter how grand the aspirations,
Unprecedented dreams and wishes,
They will never become a reality
Without concrete action being taken.

If we only think about them in our mind,
There are no restrictions or limits.
Yet, only doing so
Will never produce a reality.

Let us take action.
Let us put this into practice.
Everything begins to move
From taking the first step.

Walls may appear.
We may continue to fail.
Still, let us always try one more time.
That is the secret of crystallization.

Keiko Takahashi
2023.7.1