hiraeth. Life is a Story - story.one

come with me and let me hold your hands while we sit in our combined sorrow about what it truly is to be a girl, a woman, in your twenties, in love, in search of a purpose, a child of immigrant parents and a complicated person with big feelings.even though it is a difficult task to capture these feelings that accompany a lot of our experiences in words, and even though i know words will never be enough, i promise you i have tried my best.is it better to be cursed with yearning for a place far away or to not have a home at all and spend your life searching for it?what makes us persevere, despite the suffering and pain in this world?what is it that makes female friendships so special?what does love really mean and how does it manifest?what is so beautiful about being alive?if you are someone that feels angry or misunderstood by most, give me a chance to make you feel at least a little bit seen and a little bit less alone.

Auteur

my name is selcan yildirim and i'm a 21 year-old turkish-german girl from bielefeld. despite all the suffering in the world, i think love, art and poetry are some of the essential things we stay alive for. i started studying psychology because i've always wanted to understand the human mind; i still haven't and probably never will, but that's okay, because i've realized that i've found my purpose in the form of love and art. so many people feel alone in their thoughts, and this book can hopefully be a personal contribution from my small world to make people like me feel at least a little bit seen and less alone. thank you for reading my words! <3