The latter half of 2018...

Our rainy season called "梅雨" (Tsuyu) is not over yet due to the typhoon passing around the north-western coast of Japan right now which is stimulating the seasonal rain front. I guess that we are going to have dreadful Summer heat soon after it is over. 

If the "梅雨" (Tsuyu) is over or not, it is hard to tell. However it is always better to ask for hints in nature. Cicadas are always a good hint and tell us the exact end timing of "梅雨" (Tsuyu). The larvae coming out of soil starts climbing up trees to casting off their skins during midnight. When the their new-born vulnerable skins are dried out, they start making shrill sounds just to live only for a week or so. That's one of the easy hints. 

So far, I haven't heard any of it. So "梅雨" (Tsuyu) is not over yet. 

I occasionally visit a shrine near by and found a motto posted there today. 

"一途であれ　一心であれ" 

The translation could be like..., 

"Keep the faith. Devote yourself wholeheartedly"

As we get older, out childish innocent minds tend to be faded away. However it is very important to try keep this spirit as children; nevertheless the realities are making us feel it unreliable. 

Whatever the results may be, we should not be afraid of seeking for the results we want because we can't get anything without trying.

I sometimes stick to what I believe and my motto a bit much, and ended up with some unexpected outcomes, occasionally with a few heart-breaks. However I realize myself that everything turned out to be all right. 

"Not failures, but learning"

That's how I take it 

As long as you are satisfied with what you are, that's a great result. Of course, a good result. 

The Sunset reflecting the walls of the apartments. The contrast of blue sky in the background with the apartments wers very beautiful. 

Wondering what I was doing a year ago from today... Not working, being lazy, spending my savings. That's it. 

How about 2 years ago.. In Ishigaki. Working in the dreadful Summer heat. Fun, laugh, peace, beauty anger, fatigue, sadness, madness, worn out, pissed off...

How about 3 years ago.. In Ishigaki as well. I was standing at the beginning of blah blah blah...

4 years ago.. In Sydney maybe. Trying to collect some missing pieces for my puzzles... 

5 years ago.. Maybe somewhere in the world. Seems to be I was in Peru meeting a lovely kid, Jimmy. 

Whatever the pasts, experience, feelings might have been, all makes what I am now. 

How do I look? Do I look OK?

Hoping that I don't look like a dumb boring grimed looking guy just moaning and wining being drowned in the realities.   

Let's think about taking off to the next unknowns. 

Masami