Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Life

It's 21 May 2008.

I'm now sitting in front of my computer with a glass of white wine and looking back over the past 2 years and writing this..... because it was 2 years ago, 21 May 2006 that I came to Sydney.

I remember that it was a beautiful day.....
When I got into the airplane, I was a bit nervous and excited.... to visualize my new life at new place.

But I had nothing..... no family to be with me, no friend to talk, no particular place to live, no work to earn.... just had nothing. I had only one-way ticket and a little hope that my life here would be meaningful.

2 years have passed since then... and I'm still here.

Now, I have a place to live. It's a small flat but very nice. I really like my place, especially the view from the window. In the early morning I can see the beautiful sunrise and the amazing color of the sunset in the evening. And It's just 10 mins walk to the beautiful place, Balmoral Beach. I often go there and spend my time to read books and just to relax.

I have friends to talk. My friends make me smile and give me hugs. They always help me be more myself. They are very special and important for me, always lots of fun with them. If they were not my friends, I was not here.

I have a work to earn. It's not only for money. It's for enjoying and it's my reward. Children are very true, honest, pure and smiley so that I can be more honest with myself in front of them. I realized that working with children is something special in my life and that's a part of my life here.

A lots of things happened, a lots of changes in my life since then....

But why am I still here.....?
My life, It's valuable but not easy and still something missing.... but not sure what it is...

Believe... "Tomorrow is another day".
No one day is like another, each day is special and has its miracle.

No one knows what is going to happen in the next few minutes,
So I have my foot on the ground and just go forward.

Because I'm still searching myself.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

あなたがそこにいることは偶然ではなく、必然だったんじゃないかな。私は今日本にいることもきっとそうだと信じて、いやむしろ確信して毎日を過ごしています。日本生活のタイムリミットは刻々と迫っていますが、私は今できることを精一杯ここで、ここにいる人たちと楽しみ、笑って、怒って、泣いて、触れ合う。日本へきたからこそあった出逢いや再会と家族との絆や故郷への思い、そして私たち夫婦のありかたや将来、さまざまなことを日々考えさせられてます。そこで見える景色もそばに居る人たちも出逢うべきして出逢った人(場所)たちだと思うのです。

tke said...

Tamakoちゃん、

私がここにまだ居るのも、きっと意味のある事、同じ毎日の繰り返しであっても、その『同じ』の中に隠れた何かか毎日あって、だから今もここで隠れた何かを探しながらがら毎日過ごしてるんだと思う。いくら海外生活が長くても、多少Easy Goingな精神が身についても、未だに文化の違いに戸惑ったり、納得いかなかったり、日々小さな葛藤との戦いです。

でも、私の居場所がここにあるのも、ここで出合った人達が作ってくれてるからだと思う。