Thank You

I like to thank my class for warm supports for these triple disasters in my country, Japan.  I truly feel that all the encouragement from all over the world is their energy right now for them to keep walking one step at the time.  Thank you.

On St. Patrick's Day, I was again listening and watching news from Japan, and some of the stories made me in tears. I was sincerely praying for stopping this “melt down” at nuclear plant not only for Japan but also for whole world.   Then I went outside, and I saw all the University's students having huge parties here and there in midday. I felt a bit sad watching young students screaming on the streets for fun. It was a bit unreal, because I was in different world through my computer and TV, then here they were having a great time. 

After I took this reality in, I thought about it, and I thought why I needed to feel angry or sad?  I, myself do this all the time.  We have a huge war and not all the world are in peace, there are people somewhere in the world having much worse difficulty than current Japanese, but I have a party with friends sometimes, and have a great time.  So I had to put this St. Patrick’s Day parties in different perspective. It is not their fault, and there is nothing they can do for these crises physically aright now anyway. 

This might be one of reactions from the stress I have been feeling.  Then, I felt terrible for people in Middle East; there were no choice but being there and trying to survive.  I grown up with my grandparents, and used to listen to War stories, so I might understand a bit better than other young people how terrible it was to have bomb explored right near you, and you ran for your survival.  After the terrifying moment, there was another terrifying things wide open in front of your eyes -view of mass destruction and survival.  People used to tell us, "if there is Hell, it must look like this."

But for the people who never had a war in their land within current man's life span, it is something that lives in a book or TV, and we have become like that, but what good to be always sad, worried and negative.  You can’t.  One thing that will bring peace and happiness might be “laughs.”  There are deep connection between Laughter and sickness. HERE

I need to take this(parties around me) as a sing of peace and happiness instead of war and fear. 

Thank you again everyone.