From the local news paper in my home town in Japan. In early spring, there is a road opening through the snow walls. I've never been to the road, but it must been fascinating.
One of Main practical exams for my remedial massage course has just finished today. I was so nervous despite the fact that I practiced a fair amount beforehand. It's always scary to have exams, especially if it's assessed and watched by teacher. I guess that's the most scary bit. My English usually goes funny, grammar is wrong, forget easy nouns, my mouth does not respond very well. However, great thing about our human ability is the memory of movement. My hands and body remembered what I studied and practiced. I was absolutely nervous but I trusted my body's capability rather than my feeling of fear to the exam. And indeed, my body did a good job. Few month ago, one of our teachers from the college introduced us a learning method which helped me to gain self confidence. Since the experience, my perspective towards myself has been changing. I am not perfect but I feel I am getting there, little by little, to what I want to be. Two months to finish the course, I wa...
I had been quite healthy for long time until recently fell in sick. I felt so weak physically and mentally. I think that what sickness can do. I was fighting with my thoughts that I shouldn't be that negative minded when I am sick. I felt quite nuisance and feeling like I was losing everything what I was building up to make myself better physically and spiritually. My friend taught me that having the negative thoughts is not always a bad thing. It is a opportunity to release some part of unconscious bit which is usually suppressed in daily life. By seeing opposite side of yourself under challenging situation, you learn more about yourself and life itself. I was saved by hearing that. Now I feel I stepped up a bit after being sick. Being weak is a process of being strong. It was just what I needed to learn.
When we were school kids, teachers made us recite some famous poems. One of those poems which still remain in my mind is " Ame ni mo makezu " by Kenji Miyazawa. I remember the poem especially when winter winds blow against me. I wish there is no lost in English translation as it is very simple and yet dynamic and powerful. I like this philosophical poem that I want to follow and I don't want to forget. There are several versions of translation for this poem, but I think the "Stand up to the rain" is more like the original. 「雨にもまけず」 宮沢賢治 雨にもまけず 風にもまけず 雪にも夏の暑さにもまけぬ 丈夫なからだをもち 慾はなく 決して瞋らず いつもしずかにわらっている 一日に玄米四合と 味噌と少しの野菜をたべ あらゆることを じぶんをかんじょうに入れずに よくみききし わかり そして わすれず 野原の松の林の蔭の 小さな萱ぶきの小屋にいて 東に病氣のこどもあれば 行って看病してやり 西につかれた母あれば 行ってその稻の束を負い 南に死にそうな人あれば 行って こわがらなくてもいいといい 北にけんかや そしょうがあれば つまらないから やめろといい ひでりのときは なみだをながし さむさのなつは おろおろ あるき みんなに でくのぼうとよばれ ほめられもせず くにもされず そういうものに わたしはなりたい
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