In Japanese if you say ‘Kamo kamo’ it means ‘it might be a duck’. Maybes and mights, shoulds and shalls, coulds and woulds. Make a decision and work from there, it’s much easier than working with ifs and whens. Especially when other parties are involved and time is of the essence. Here’s Kamo Kamo by …
When I gaze upon the mountains that surround us here in the Shonai region, I’m teleported to the mountaintop. I sense the cool wind and chilly fog that encapsulates. I picture the alpine flowers and grasses that blow in the wind, the stony paths and the shrines dedicated to the Kami. Mountains represent solace. Mountains …
On a scale of 1 to 100, how lucky would you say you were? Yesterday when we were talking to the Buddhist monk, he told us about the invention of Mikuji, which are pieces of paper your reach into a box for with your fortune on them. Originally, there used to be 100 pieces of …
There’s no point crying over spilt milk, spilt milk spilt when uncertainty abounds even more so.
“A man is great not because he hasn’t failed; a man is great because failure hasn’t stopped him.” Confucius This couldn’t be truer. If we include things happening to the ‘man’ (read: human) that are out of their control as failure, then we’re onto a winner. Your reality definitely isn’t what you imagined when you …
When the unexpected happens, does it ruin you, or make you?
Ball after ball after ball. Whatever they throw at you, you have to take it and make something of it.
If you’ve ever been in Japan during the spring, you would know that everyone is simply obsessed with the Sakura Cherry Blossoms. I mean, have you seen Starbucks? From Sakura-themed drinks like the Blooming Sakura Milk Tea and Sakura Strawberry Frappuccino, to the sakura donuts and sakura cakes and even sakura mints! Starbucks is really …
Your whole life is a form of training, a training that follows a ‘do’, a way or path.
Found something you could do non-stop for hours? Found something you get lost in?
