300. The Day I Chose a Way of Life Called “Laugh-Business”

I want to do “Laugh-Business” with everyone.

Attracted by these words,
I recently joined a membership
called Tarao Girls.

The first month is free,
and it’s 100 yen every month after.

I thought I’d check it out while it’s free,
and if it didn’t suit me, I could just quit.
It was that lighthearted of a decision.

Since I remarried,
my husband and I retired early.
It’s what you call FIRE.

If it’s just about having enough to eat, I’ll never have to worry for the rest of my life.

However, I don’t have my own personal spending money.
But I can receive whatever I need without hesitation.

That is precisely why

the money I earn from working
is “Happy Money,”
and I want to use it to support people who need it.

Before I knew it,
the money in my hands was almost always zero.
I have so many things I want to do
that both my time and money are stretched thin.

But strangely, I’m not unhappy.

If anything,
“Because I don’t have much, I can choose what is truly necessary.”
That feeling is somehow comforting.


Why do I feel this way?

Looking back, I found the roots.

My maternal grandmother was the daughter of a temple family.
Even when they didn’t have enough to eat themselves,
she was the type of person to share with those in need.

My father gave up his dream of going to university to work,
so that his younger sister could continue her education.
He participated in the founding of a hospital for laborers in Nishinari,
and he was a man who worked year-round in his only short-sleeved shirt, never wearing a suit.

My aunt, too, despite not being wealthy,
sent me picture books every month.

That’s why, deep inside me, there has always been

a standard that says, “Even with little, you can still live.”

And now.


Because I am in an environment where I no longer have to work,

I am taking on challenges that my past self was too afraid to attempt.
For example, the “100-Person Listening Challenge.”
When my income was unstable,


I was too scared to “provide services for free.”

But now it’s different.
Because I have the peace of mind that I can eat tomorrow,

I can act for the sake of others.

People struggling with child-rearing,
people whose health has failed,


people whose hearts have stopped moving.
To those “former versions of me,”
I want to deliver what I can do now.

It’s as if I am going to meet

my past self in a parallel world.

However, I realized one contradiction here.
To keep giving, you need surplus energy.


If you stay at rock bottom, you can’t keep it up.

So I decided.

“First, fill yourself up.”


What overflows naturally is what you have filled yourself with.

I will pass that overflow on to someone else.

That was when I met
Hitotarao-san and everyone in the Tarao Girls.


At first, I was just an observer.
But yesterday, Hitotarao-san

gave me a 1,000 yen tip.

“Huh?”
Honestly, I was surprised.


I hadn’t done anything yet, I thought.

But at the same time, my heart was moved.
I’m happy. I’m grateful.

And,

“I want to give back, too.”
I experienced firsthand that this is reciprocity.

Like that feeling in Yakushima where if you say “Hello,”


you will always get a “Hello” back.

If you put out love, love comes back.
It was a very simple thing.

Until now,

I have chosen a life full of changes.


I protected my daughter as a single mother,
paid off my home loan,

let go of a 25-year career,
remarried, and chose a new life.
That’s why I believe:
People can start over at any time.

And now, what I want to do is

show through my own actions, “You can do this more easily and happily.”


Not by forcing myself to keep giving,

but by letting things circulate naturally from a state of being fulfilled.

I want to do “Laugh-Business” with everyone.

Smiles increase,
joy spreads,


and before you know it, money is circulating too.

I want to live in a world like that.
I will gratefully accept the 1,000 yen tip I received this time,
and pass it on to the next person.

Because selfless love is something that resonates.


If adults are laughing,
children can also laugh with peace of mind.
That is why I will continue to

circulate love while filling myself up.


Believing in a world where we all do “Laugh-Business” together.

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