知恵の泉。
Hello!
Somehow...
I'm still alive.
This is my little survival report.
Well...
Someone like me probably doesn't matter much anyway.
(´∀`)💖💦
Just kidding.
That was a bit dark.
m(__)m💦
So much has happened in just about a month.
First of all,
I rented my own apartment.
Now I'm living alone.
At first,
I was terrified.
At the same time,
I started working again.
Once again,
it's a phone job.
Every day,
customers criticize me for being too slow,
for speaking too quietly,
and for not handling things well enough.
Today, someone even said,
"I'd rather place my order with someone else."
In other words,
"Not you."
"You can't do it."
"You're not good enough."
That's how it felt.
But the calls kept coming.
My throat burned.
My voice grew hoarse.
My mental strength slowly wore away.
By the end of the day,
I wasn't just exhausted.
I felt so overwhelmed that I could have imagined jumping off the office building.
That's how bad it felt.
But...
Late at night,
after I came home,
I started thinking about something.
Being criticized by customers
might actually be increasing my wisdom.
Of course,
I could have relaxed instead of thinking about work.
But I couldn't stop replaying everything in my head.
The truth is,
I was inexperienced.
I lacked speed.
I lacked accuracy.
That was the cause of many of the problems.
But what if
we could transform negativity into something positive?
There is so much sadness and suffering in this world.
Today,
I was hurt.
I was disappointed in myself.
I was hurt by my own mistakes.
I was hurt by the words of others.
It was painful.
And yet,
if we keep overcoming these negative experiences,
then perhaps
our small wisdom grows,
little by little,
one piece at a time.
Maybe tomorrow,
I'll be one step closer
to The Hermit.
I'm in my fifties now.
You could say that I no longer possess much of what society calls "female value."
But if my wisdom continues to grow,
if my experiences and intuition continue to deepen,
then perhaps these painful experiences
will someday save me.
At least,
that's what I feel.
(´;ω;`)❤
Of course,
I don't really know.
No one knows the future.
But that's what my intuition told me today.
...
There was one more thing.
Something happened on my way home from work.
I was exhausted.
Dizzy from fatigue.
I was walking back in the rain when I noticed a young foreign woman standing near the station.
She had a suitcase.
She was alone.
And she seemed lost.
She was looking for a hotel
and asked me for directions.
The problem was,
I don't speak English.
I tried using AI to help,
but I had never heard the name of the hotel she mentioned.
So I tried to ask,
"Are you sure that's the correct hotel name?"
But all I could manage was some broken English:
"Real?"
"Mistake?"
The moment I said it,
she became upset and walked away.
(´;ω;`)
Maybe I accidentally said something rude.
Maybe I made things worse.
I couldn't help her.
I couldn't guide her.
And afterward,
I simply walked home beneath my umbrella,
feeling miserable.
On the way,
I stopped at a shrine,
stood quietly,
and offered a prayer.
I wonder if she found her hotel safely.
I hope she did.
I kept thinking about it.
I felt foolish.
But at the same time,
I think I tried my best.
In another week,
I'll be visiting the university hospital.
Right now,
I live alone.
I don't really have anyone protecting me.
I don't have close friends nearby.
If I were to disappear,
life would simply move on.
But...
If I'm still here,
let's meet again.
Right here.
I hope tomorrow is a better day.
And to everyone reading this,
please take care of yourselves.
(´;ω;`)
This world can be a difficult place.
Maybe that's why
I hope that something small and beautiful
finds its way to you soon.
XOXO 💗

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