how I see the world
I wrote an article about myself...
Just let me update here so that I can remind myself.
https://mirror.asahi.com/article/14173099
what makes peoples heart warm
People send gifts for others to show their appreciation or to show how much they care.
I love meaningful gifts like letters...
Last night, my grandma gave me this watch which my grandpa gave it to her when he was retiring...
When I wear it, I feel like my grandma and grandpa are with me somehow... and my heart is fullfilled.
I want to be the person who makes someone's heart fullfilled with my words or with my actions... like they are to me.
how people grow
I always learn a lot when the relationship ends.
Not only about the partner, but also about myself.
I was watching a movie today and one of the lines just made my heart sink.
"You can’t really hold on to someone.
Because the tighter you hold on to them, the more they wanna slip away.
All you can do is love them and make sure they know that you are never gonna slip away."
People realize what is missing in relationship when that ends.
People come and go into your life.
Be grateful with the time you spend with, and make sure you give lots of love for them :)
人を想うということ
昨日子供からどんぐりをもらいました。
「あげる！」って照れたように来てくれて。
渡す前にそわそわしてたりする姿とか
渡した時の笑顔とかその緊張の表情とか。
「人を想う、人のことを考える」
ってこういうことかって原点に戻る日々です。
私も自分自分じゃなくて
相手のことを想って、そして大切にして
生きていきたいなと改めて思いました。
new budget list
I made my budget list when I was in uni, and I complished 20 of them when I counted yesterday.
I realize writing goals down specifically is necessary to achieve something.
Since the COVID-19 is spreading and my life style is very limited and that made me rethink about the way I live.
I actually made two budget list:a budget list for my entire life, and a budget list for the period of the coronavirus pandemic.
Honestly, I have been very stressed out with this situation...
Adapting things that I can never guess what is coming is extremely distressful and irritating.
I can let the difficult situation go when it relates with human beings emotions tho...
ANYWAY>>>Let's survive this situation with a light of hope and new aim!
feels like a new chapter of my life is just around the corner
When you feel like it's not right, just make a change.
Saying is easy. Doing is hard, though.
It is not easy to accept someone's decision when that's not the same as your will.
Everything happens for a reason...
Life is full of surprises.
Overthinking does not help you even though you do so unconsciously...
Embrace the feelings and move on...
a cup of coffee might help...:)
What means "Africa" to me...
When I was watching some TED talks, I encounted with this one..." The danger of a single story." by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie which I had a discussion when I was in uni... that talk kind of blew my mind about "the idea of Africa"
Since today is "Africa day"...Let me tell you how I feel and think about Africa.
I did not know about Africa when I was in high school...
But at the age of seventeen, I met with Tata, Noni, and Mumu they hosted me when I studied abroad in America, Pennsylvania.
Getting to know them made me egar to know about the sprit of Africa since I loved their idea of living...
After coming back from abroad, I visited few countries in Africa.
During the stay, I enjoyed visiting local schools, communicating with local people, and of course visiting some famous touris sites.
I felt in LOVE with the African atmosphere, the way of people's communication, the language, the accent, the food.... I could keep writing...hehe
What I see there was totally different from what I see on Japanese TV.
We have so many TV commercials which asking Japanese to donate for the poor in Africa. Seeing those commercials every single day unfortunately made me have the wrong idea about Africa.
I am not saying there aren't any poor in Africa... Unfortunately, it is true indeed... there are! YET that is not all about Africa.
When I hear the word"AFRICA", "colourful." "love." "welcoming" could be the words that came up to my mind... but some Japanese may come up with some words like "danger" "poverty" ...
I also encounter with this TED talk, and I feel like she is talking to some Japanese who are going to invest some money into Africa...
Since we have the sligtly biased idea about Africa, we may tended to commisarate with them and do some charity...
In the future, I may be doing business with African or doing business in Africa... whenever I am going to do that, I would like to watch this TED talk at the beginning...
There is a saying...”Seeing is believing."
You won't know until you actually experience it.
I would love to know more about Africa... Once the chaos of COVID-19 is over, I wanna have one year break which allows me to travel the African continent.
That much, I love African countries, African people as much as I love Japan and Japanese people...
I hope in the future there will be many Japanese who have positive image about Africa...
