I recently finished watching “1 Litres of Tears” a Japanese drama about a 15 year old girl Aya Kito, who is just begun high school. She is smart, talented, and had a bright future ahead of her, until she’s been diagnose with a degenerative disease.
I shred many tears while watching the drama, and it’s not because I sympathize her. It is because I can relate to the suffering and pain that she is going through. Although, I haven’t been through a life threatening disease, I can understand the questions she faced: “Why has this happen to me? “, “What purpose does life have if you are suffering through it?”, “Why can I go back into the past?”, “It is impossible to accept this.” I can understand how tough it is to wake up everyday and know that the pain and suffering is still there. I can understand the agony of waiting, and knowing that worse has yet to come.
It’s not because of the sadness that made me want to continue watching the drama. I admire the inner strength which Aya has; the strength which many people would probably lack. She insists on walking until she’s physically not able to, she continues writing until she no longer can hold a pen. She goes through life knowing that something will be taken away from her everyday. However, she still lives on holding her head up even though it is very heavy. She learns to cherish the things that she still has around her, the support that is given to her, and realizing she’s not the only person to suffer. She learns to accept the pain that has become part of her life. “It doesn’t matter that you fall down, you just need to remember to pick yourself up”. It is not easy, and she had to shred many tears, but in the end I can see that she was able to find peace and enjoy her life.
When I first watch this drama, I didn’t know anything about it, I couldn’t even read the title. I just randomly picked something to watch. However, somehow it after finish watching this drama, I felt that a message has been delivered to me, and it has been delivered just at the right moment of my life…
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