The May Sky,Green,and Cool Breeze.

May is one of the most beautiful months in Japan. Many people in the country love May because it's a month when you can appreciate the clear sky(as clear as it can be),the brilliant green colour of leaves(as brilliant as it can be),and so pleasant cool breeze( as pleasant as it can be). May is a month of pureness,goodness,and fitness.

Here we go!

I don't know her name but...

She knows when to bloom, but nobody knows when she drops.

the Afternoon Sun.

The light of the afternoon sun is squinting through the leaves and it is highlighting my presence in a very reserved way.

Who am I ??

I'm a red boy,but I'm not a communist.
My friends wear green dresses. They love peace and harmoney.
Another friend wears gray dress. He is so flexible that he never sees things in a Black and White way.
I might be the most stable one leg standing object in the world.
I didn't budge an inch even when the great earthqake struck Japan on March 11.
I'm a red boy,but I'm not a communist.
I love green because it's a colour of harmony.
I love gray because it's a colour of flexibility.
I love my color red because it's a colour of the Sun, the source of energy.
I'm very comfortable with who I am and the place I was assigned.
I like helping people with their communication.
That's the reason I'm here in the world.
I'm the mailbox.

Random Pictures of Fukushima City.

A movie theatre called "FORUM".

A Black and White Building Crossing the Street.

Ubiquitous 7eleven

What they sell.....!

You can go on when the lights are green! Night is still young. The "Shell Moon" on the left is shining to sell gas.LOL

Setting the parameters for how much we care about what we eat.

I notice more and more people are becoming conscious of what to eat and what not to eat.


 In my opinion, I think it's more important than what we eat to be conscious of how much we eat for one meal and try not to eat between meals.


If we feel gratification after an appropriate portion of lunch or dinner and get some exercise instead of snacking between meals, I think what we eat for breakfast,luch,and dinner dosn't that matter, I guess.


Worring too much about what we eat(being paranoid about food?) can help forbid bad foods to enter your body,to be sure, but at the same time caring too much itself can be a big stressed thinking pattern.


Let's keep the middle!

Clear Blue and Brilliant Green.

You are Beautiful , the Earth !

I Love You, my Life!

A "Leisurely-Book-Reader" .

These are my bookshelves.
I think I don't own as many books as my fellow bookworms.
The reason why I don't is because I read one book repeatedly over and over again when I find it worth reading.
In this sense, I'm a "leisurely-reader" like those who savor a cup of coffee.It is a sheer bliss when reading a good book with a cup of good coffee!

My Favorite Precept.

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function. F.Scott Fitzgerald(1896-1940) "The Crack-Up"1936

It is a little difficult for me to explain how I cherish this word by one of my favorite novelists F.S Fitzgerald.
This precept has been so important for me ever since I first met it about four years ago.

 I always agree with the idea that "Intelligence" should be measured by not so much academic ability as "the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time" because that is VERY hard for us to actually do.
 We feel comfortable when we inhabit  a situation which one idea or one principle rules since no need to doubt or bother to think over other choices is requested. In other words, the circumstance is easy.
 However, for instance, it's so hard to follow the lessons of Zen buddhism or appreciate beautiful words by Buddha while you are a pious Christian. Being a Christian requests you to follow Jesus Christ and not to do any other instructions in an extream case.(In reality, I was in the Assembly of God for 10 years and nothing is more stifling than being told to follow what the Bible tells almost 100%.
 I believe the precept above by Fitzgerald does have something to do with a secret behind how we could realize peace which lets a large number of different ideas co-exist in this world at the same time.
 We should try to be "Intelligent" in terms of that idea!

Life is a story.

Our life is like a story. That's why it's OK for anything to happen in it because it is a story. What's important, I believe, is the ability or sensitivity to interpret the meanings of what happened.