October is the busiest month of the year for me. Last week, during an anti-aggression march, I participated in a "die-in" at Ximending, lying on the ground as part of the protest. In that stillness, I finally had a moment to truly rest. Those five minutes of "death" became the only opportunity in my rushed life to catch a breath.

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How often in life do you get the chance to lie down in a bustling district, doing nothing at all, on a crowded weekend? The moment I lay down, I felt an overwhelming sense of freedom—because there was nothing I needed to do, nothing to think about, just lying there. Maybe this is why the concept of "lying flat" has become such a widespread phenomenon!

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However, that sense of joyful freedom quickly faded. I began to wonder, if I were truly to die in the street one day like the people I want to support, what would I feel? Would I regret not saying or doing certain things? At that moment, I felt only sadness—death is simply death, with no possibility of expressing the infinite emotions one may feel.

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I lay there, watching birds fly by, watching clouds drift slowly, while I remained on the ground. The whole world was moving, but I couldn't move. Only by pretending to be dead, erasing all possibilities, did I begin to realize how precious life truly is, and understand the finality that death brings—no possibility, no ability to act or change the world.

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I’m grateful to be someone who can stand up again. I’m thankful that I haven’t perished in war. I’m grateful that I’m not one of the countless individuals silenced by their nation or circumstance, lying quietly in a forgotten corner of the world. Through this "die-in," I understood the value of freedom and the harsh reality of war. In the face of war, no one is free. Likewise, in a world built on inequality, none of us have ever truly been free.

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May freedom, like the wind, reach every corner of the world. May freedom, like the sea, encompass all possibilities, with deep and enduring meaning. The oceanic perspective, more than the continental one, allows us to see the world’s endless possibilities.

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