Believing in the faith of Good Karma

Today was my first day at a driver's license school. That's right. After attempted to get a license in N. America and never finding the time and opportunity to do so, I am here on this side of the planet spending 3G just to get a driver's license. Well, the thing is it is now much time consuming and inconvenient to get it in Canada (may take up to 2 years?!!!) that my dad concluded that it was time for poor Kumi to get a license, no matter how much expensive it may cost. Afterall, time was my enermy, and this decision was indeed necessary for me to make!! ;)

Anyhow, my dad drove me to school this morning to say hi to his sensei, whom
he had received lessons over 3 decades ago. My dad had told me how he knew this sensei even before he married to my mom.

My Dad: "Sensei, long time no see. This is my daughter that I was talking about. It will be indeed greatful if she can also receiveyour great teaching."

Sensei:"Ohh, nice to see you, how's it going? Oh, so this is your daughter, huh? Erm, didn't you have a son?"

MyDad: "... We had a misfortune over 2 decades ago. Looking at me, He was born just after this girl, so erm. Her age...he must be 25 or so, if he was still alive."

Sensei: "Oh, sorry to have asked you such private question. It must have
been so very difficult for you."

My Dad: "...yes, we went through a lot. We did not feel alive after his death. But, .... because of that, we have what we have now."

His eyes were brimming with tears. In that tears, I saw all the sufferings and struggles that he went through as well as his strong commitmentto live fulfillingly for his beloved son and remaining family.

In that moment, I gained thoughsands of important messages that we must not forget as we live our lives.

There are so much unfortunate events happening in our world. There are so much sufferings and people with broken hearts. There are so much sadness that I do not even know if there is an universal solution to our human sufferings.

I have been on and off thinking about ways to help those in needs. I think of how I maybe able to change the way Japanese society is currupting with a lack of emotional leeway to consider and care for others (thanks, tatsu ;). I think of youth who are victims of domestic violence and related crimes. I think of people in South East Asia who are the survivors of Tsunami and recent earth quake. I also think about people in Niigata and Fukuoka, who have no home to return to, having thie insurance refusing to cover all the damage that the earth quake has done totheir home.

More and more I think of these people who are in needs, I often feel a lack of power within me, only because I get lost not knowing how Icould possibly help all these people right away.

Everything that happens in our life seems to be an effect of its cause. So unless
we know the origin of these people's sufferings, we may never be able to cure their problems. But I believe in the power of small actions that we can take that can accumulate into something that may change the flow of the biorhythm that we have in our lives (a cycle of happiness and sadness all intertwined like a strand of DNA molecules).

So just like how my dad thought about his beloved son and tried his best to live much fulfilling and strong life during his most challenging stage of his life, I felt that if I thought about all these people who are the victims of misfortunes in this world, and lived my life to its fullest, my will (to live fulfilling life as much as I can in the given circumstance, not only for myself, but for all the people in this world who maybe having the most difficult time right now) and my action may not only fulfill my soul, but turn into a causethat can change our lives a better place to live.