I heard there is a still slot for this.
I do not have many chores on Friday evening, so I decided to participate by singing a song. After telling the Director, I almost gave up because I felt I need much more practice. However, she encouraged me to try this by saying, “I think it would be very meaningful.” “This is just for fun and sharing”. I decided to do it. I remembered my late Mom’s words. She told me when I was worried before starting a very challenging work. “Yumichan, you are a challenger, right?” Those words have become a very strong supportive push. I will enjoy today’s musical soiree. I will sing one of my repertoire during the pandemic period, “America the Beautiful”. Lots of my feelings come out inside of me every time I sing this song. I love animals, who are our friends.
Earlier this month, the whale appeared near the Hapuna beach. A couple of days later, 3 turtles were swimming near the beach. I saw two of them and tried to swim with them. Long time ago, at another beach, I saw a big school of small fish swimming under me! That was gorgeous. Beautiful birds are chirping in the trees. A carinal with beautiful red colored body has been singing loud at the highest point. He might have been showing off and attract females. We see lots of beautiful horses and lots of cows. When we drive, the goats sometimes come out to the road, which is dangerous! The other day, I was driving down on the curvy road, and then, one goat started to cross just in front of me! I honked hard and chased him away. Hwoooooo!! There are many kinds of animals and lives alive in this island. I love the Big Island. When I was driving today, I felt like I was put in an “very advanced course of driving” suddenly.
There are SO MANY cars on the road. I tried to be “in a flow”, but I felt the flow seems to be faster than before. I still had a hard time to get the timing to go into the busy highway from the side road. Today, many cars kept coming from both directions. When I drove to the beach, there were so many people on the sandy beach and in the water. I tried to have a “social distance” from people in the water too. However, the waves kept coming and sometimes it was hard for us to control our position in the water! It seems tourists are coming back here. I have just heard this English expression, and I LOVED IT!
We humans pray to God and just do all our best. That is all we can do. There is so much negative news around us right now.
We should not let our minds status being wavered to that direction by those external negative inputs. One of the teachings by Master Okawa is a prayer for the Golden Light. https://ryuho-okawa.com/ I decided to practice this whenever I have a chance. The other night, I imagined myself being a soul of perfect round and bright golden light. I embraced my whole body with the bright light. The night, I had a wonderful dream. I was meditating in the dream. Then, the Golden Light came down from the Heaven and embraced me. The morning, I found myself waking up in a so refreshed and good energy. |
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An Interpreter for JCU Archives
April 2021
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