2011/08/31
44.Life 8/31
2011/08/30
43.Civilization 8/30
8/30/11
Civilization
Material wealth and individual freedom
And then the people who have come to control nature
It’s production and consumption for which they live...
However, their desire for unrestricted satisfaction
Will not bring them to the path of happiness they seek
It only goes down the path of utmost pleasure...
Without an answer, without breaking away from the paradox
It’s not clear how we might arrive at our time to pass this on
For the next generation
For the children we do not yet know, entrust hope...
2011/08/29
42.Hurricane 8/29
8/29/11
Hurricane
When I made my anxious preparations
He said life is still short.
Even when things happened to make me anxious
Even if they seemed likely to happen soon
Why miss the opportunity to savor every minute
He had meant to say.
Without living in the moment completely
Life passes by so fast
Trying out of fear to avoid what the moment holds
What lies before us becomes unrecognizable
Accepting the present he gave to me
For the moment
I would like to be thankful.
2011/08/28
41.JAZZ 8/28
Jazz, it is a one shot performance
It is where sound fixations are released
In that moment
Slipping away from what is now
To create a fresh future
Never repeating the same sound
Jazz, it is an adventure
It is brave
And if we listen carefully to the sound of Jazz
As if it were laughing
As if it were angry
As if it were crying
Jazz might tell us our lives.
2011/08/27
40. Acts of Nature 8/27
8/27
Acts of Nature
Be prepared
Be unafraid
For the mission of this Earth is to move
Even when heavy rain pounds the glass
Even when strong wind shakes the house
We cannot stop that mission
Because just like the people
Who have manipulated nature
Live by entrusting fate to nature
We can do nothing but watch in silence.
2011/08/26
39.To Be Moved (2) 8/26
8/26/11
To Be Moved 2
I believe the thing that people seek is to be moved
To collaborate together to give birth to feeling
To let that become a part of our lives
To connect us with the next generation to pass it on,
I feel this from the bottom of my heart.
Let us seize the many opportunities to let ourselves be moved:)
2011/08/25
38.To be moved 8/25
To be moved
If we are seeking to be moved
In our lives
It might be hard to find
Without effort and bravery
It’s easy to live behind the lives of others
Through movies and books
But for us and our lives, to be able to feel moved
Naturally that will come
To explain why it is we are here in this world.
2011/08/24
37.Belief 8/24
2011/08/23
36.A Partner 8/23
2011/08/22
35.The Universe 8/22
2011/08/21
34.Love or Doubt 8/21
8/21/11
Love or Doubt
There is a feeling that grows in people, a wanting
To know each other and things deeply
However, we hardly ever begin by
Considering the root of that feeling in that moment
Everyone seems to only want the result
Even when knowing the root reveals it naturally
Like doubt, rooted in knowing something so deeply
We must wander through the dark without definitive answers
Like love, rooted in knowing something so deeply
We starts to feel its soft light shining through the door
It all begins by the root
But maybe you don’t know why
Do you desire to know it so deeply?
2011/08/20
33.Living one’s own life 8/20
8/20/11
Living one’s own life
To me, living my own life
Means taking all the sights that I see
Together with my imagination and creating
A future enhanced by that which still cannot be seen
But whose shape will change into the beautiful past
It is that which you always remind me
To live my life my way
2011/08/19
32.To Be Honest 8/19
8/19/11
To Be Honest
If we are not honest with ourselves
And we never discover the real result
If we are not honest with ourselves
And we always let things intimidate us
If we are not honest with ourselves
And we never feel confident in ourselves
If we are not honest with ourselves
Then we may not know who we are
That simple thing, honesty
It’s the source that forms me.
2011/08/18
31. Welcome Home 8/18
8/18/11
Welcome Home
In the journey of life
Unexpected and
Undesired incidents
Are inevitable.
I’d like to share mine
My mysterious journeys
And the stories of what
I’ve experienced.
I’d like to release these memories
Slowly over time
Perhaps as clues to
Knowing what it means to live.
From this moment, I’ll be searching
For the guide left behind in the past.
8/4 - 8/17
This is the start of that journey through time and space.
By the way,
When I came back to Ouchi=(home) and I saw that letter on the table
It may have been the happiest moment of my journey.
Confirming my existence in this place
Was perhaps the true meaning of my trip,
Reminding me again of the people who wait
For me, the ones that give me meaning.
2011/08/08
8/8 My situation (in frankfurt)
2011/08/04
8/4 robbed (in berlin)
Robbed
I was robbed of my computer and camera in Berlin. I can't write the blog until 8/8. So sorry...
2011/08/03
30. Time Spent Doing Nothing ( in Berlin ) 8/3
2011/08/02
29. Rain ( in Berlin ) 8/2
2011/08/01
28. We Fear Failure( in Berlin ) 8/1
We Fear Failure
We fear mistakes
Even when we all make them
Mistakes, though, make no statement of their moment
They indicate what comes next
What you do to respond to the mistake
The first step you take, to make it better
To try to not ever repeat the same mistake
And then it’s not a mistake anymore
It’s a ticket you’ll use to pass through life