Yamel’s Reviews > Convenience Store Woman > Status Update

It was never the community store, it was the community itself. The addiction was a chase to feel like she belonged to the community she gave so much of herself to.
As Valerie kaur put it: she birthed the beloved community by becoming the beloved community

“It was as though everyone was saying that for the first time I was part of their circle. I had a feeling they were all welcoming me onboard. Painfully aware that until now they evidently thought of me as an outsider.”

I know this pain, I’ve lived this pain, I’ve become familiar to the disappointment of being the disappointment. It’s why I dedicate my time to making sure everyone has a place to belong to

“Maybe people who thought they were being violated felt a bit better when they attacked other people in the same way.”

“This is a dysfunctional society, and since it’s defective, I’m treated unfairly.”

Our society doesn’t allow for fair treatment, because unfairness, unequalness, they keep society working. They keep society generating money to achieve a better life.

When keiko went in on her day off, she was praised for being “dedicated” when, really, all she needed was a space to belong

“Finally I understood why my family had tried so hard to fix me.. the normal world has no room for exceptions and always quietly eliminates foreign objects; Anyone who is lacking, is disposed of.”

“You’re really great! You never take time off and you never do anything less than an excellent job.”

“And, so, believing that I had to be cured, I grew into adulthood”