You Are The One You Want To Be Poem by KunJung Hsiao

The river admires the majesty of the mountains,
so close to the unreachable sky,
he brews warm memories in his heart,
and paints them in his eyes.

One day his thoughts converge into the sea,
although he cannot become a mountain,
but he has achieved another kind of greatness.
He has sublimated part of the water vapor
turned into clouds,
Surrounded by mountains and the sky,
whispers to the great in his mind.

You are the one you want to be,
As long as you are willing,
You will become a different and great self.

You can complain about everything you have experienced
with prejudice and blame,
and turn your life into a jar of sad vinegar.

You can embrace everything you have experienced
with tolerance and learning,
and turn your memory into a vat of sweet wine.

You could be a dry riverbed,
You could be the vast ocean,
depends on what you want to achieve.

If all encounters are a destiny,
why not embrace every moment,
every encounter
that exists,
Let life play its due movement,
and simply embrace the beauty of this world.