44.Life 8/31

8/31/11

Life

We cannot live in the past

We cannot live in the future

Life is the one

that we can only live now

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...

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.

41.JAZZ 8/28

8/28/11

JAZZ

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.

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.

39.To Be Moved (2) 8/26

(Nigeria)

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:)

38.To be moved 8/25

8/25/11

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.

37.Belief 8/24

8/24/11

Belief

To support a

Belief without reason is

To worship something that can’t be seen

Submitting one’s self

To sacrifice one’s way of thinking.

To support a

Reasonable belief is

To rely on consequence

Considering one’s own thoughts and experiences.

36.A Partner 8/23

8/23/11

A Partner

Together trusting each other

Together free of the other

Both hoping to grow

Without imposing one’s ideals on the other

But simply holding them close

That alone is enough

35.The Universe 8/22

8/22/11

The Universe

A doctor finds the universe in the human body

An artist finds the universe in art

A musician finds the universe in sound

In what do you find the universe,,,?

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?

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

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.

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.

8/8 My situation (in frankfurt)

My flight has been canceled and I'm stuck in Frankfurt now because of the strike.

I'm not sure when I'll be able to get out!

8/4 robbed (in berlin)

8/4/11

Robbed

I was robbed of my computer and camera in Berlin. I can't write the blog until 8/8. So sorry...

30. Time Spent Doing Nothing ( in Berlin ) 8/3

In the same way we treat our

Time working

Time eating

Time studying

Why don’t we try to appreciate our

Time doing nothing as

Time spent doing nothing

And then, hopefully

We would start to see

Only what we truly need

29. Rain ( in Berlin ) 8/2

8/2/11

Rain

The scenery I have seen from the window

I couldn't hold my feeling of gloom back

because rain has lasted until yesterday

28 years, Here in Berlin

would tell me that

a silent fight waged among people

beyond the one night incident

28. We Fear Failure( in Berlin ) 8/1

8/1/11

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