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<p class="has-text-align-center">The column by Jimmi Liao, translated, by me again…</p>



<p class="has-text-align-center"><em>Don’t Feel Sad Anymore,</em></p>



<p class="has-text-align-center"><em>Humans Just Will, Never Look Prettier than Flowers.</em></p>



<p class="has-text-align-center">artwork of <em>Jimmi Liao,</em> courtesy of<em> UDN.com</em></p>



<figure class="wp-block-image"><img src="https://pgw.udn.com.tw/gw/photo.php?u=https://uc.udn.com.tw/photo/2020/10/13/realtime/8738338.jpg&amp;x=0&amp;y=0&amp;sw=0&amp;sh=0&amp;sl=W&amp;fw=800&amp;exp=3600&amp;w=930" alt="空氣朋友。（圖／幾米）" /></figure>



<p class="has-text-align-center">And so, this showed, how we’re, often, pursuing things that really don’t matter, like how this child feels upset, because flowers are prettier than she was, and, it’s a whole lot like how we are in pursuits of things, we know we will, NEVER be able to achieve, reach, or behold.</p>
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