Walking through the backstreets of Istanbul, you might encounter an old stone gate carved by a nameless artisan centuries ago. Even if the name once there is no longer legible, the “presence” of someone who lived with great care still drifts there with a warm temperature.
“A tiger dies and leaves its skin; a person dies and leaves its name.” —Oriental Proverb
Turning the Everyday into Gold
Living in a visible world, we often judge value through material things. But when we eventually return to the afterworld, we can carry nothing with us. Just as a tiger leaves behind its beautiful pelt, the only thing we can leave to this world is the invisible footprints of the life we have walked.
The affection you showed your family, the laughter shared with friends, or the days you didn’t give up despite hardships—each is stored as golden light, a crystal in the corners of history.
In the distant future, the story of the “beautiful world” you generated will spread like ripples into the hearts of others, permanently etched into the strata of the universe. Today, you spend a day letting your soul shine. That “irreplaceable experience” will surely become a signpost, guiding someone else—and even the “you” who returns through rebirth.
