It's okay to be laughed at. That one step can change your life.

The day no one turned to look at me

Even though I gathered my courage, no one noticed me.
Even though I was trying my best, there was no response.

Have you ever had an experience like that?

The other day, Itried 'shoe shining on the street' for the first time.


It was a level of nervousness I had never experienced before.

'What if they think I'm a nuisance?'

'What if I get ignored?'

My anxiety grew in my head,
and my feet stopped many times.

And the reality was beyond what I had imagined.

90% of people
didn't even turn to look at my voice.

Even when we made eye contact, they just walked right past.

My heart felt like it would break many times.

'Maybe I should just go home today.'

Every time those words crossed my mind,
I told myself this:

'If I run away now, I'll surely regret it someday.'

Believing only in those words,
I kept calling out to people.

I want to look them in the face and deliver my words

I'm not very good at social media.

To be precise,
it's difficult because there are things you can't understand through a screen.


'I'm rooting for you.'
'That was a wonderful article.'

Every time I receive words like that,
I am truly happy.

But,I don't know what kind of expression they had while reading it.

Of course,writing has a power that can only be delivered because it is writing.

That's why I continue to write words like this.

Even so,I was thinking somewhere in my heart,

'Are these words really reaching them?'

That's why Iwanted to face people in real life.

I wanted to shine shoes while talking about my dreams,
and see the expressions on their faces.

The face that smiles happily,
and the way they listen seriously.

I wanted to know the warmth that cannot be felt through a screen.

'Please tell me your dream'

In the midst of that,
one person stopped for me.

“Please tell me your dream.”

The moment they said that to me,
strangely, my nervousness vanished.

Honestly,
it’s not a grand dream that will change the world.

But, I have a dream I want to fulfill right now.


To publish a book.


And, through that book,

“This is who I am.”

I want to provide the spark to live with your head held high.


That is my dream now.


As I talked about my dream, that person listened with sparkling eyes.When I finished polishing their shoes,

they looked at their feet and smiled happily.The moment I saw that smile, I thought from the bottom of my heart,

“I’m glad I came.”

90% of people wouldn't even look my way.But,



that one single encounter changed everything about that day.

The heart can also regain its luster

When you polish shoes, they gradually regain their shine.

That day, as I watched that scene, I thought,


perhaps the human heart is the same, too.


Dreams forgotten in the busyness of life.

Challenges tucked away deep in the heart with the thought that it’s “too late.”

Things you actually wanted to try.

Doesn't everyone have such feelings
sleeping in their heart?If only


we could shine a light on those feelings once more.If only


I could be the catalyst for taking that first step.There would be nothing that makes me happier.

That is why I


will stand on the street again.It is not just to polish shoes.


It is to polish, together with you, the “things you want to do” that are sleeping deep in your heart.
It’s okay to be laughed at.It’s okay to look uncool.



That one step will surely change your life.

And I, while facing people in my own unrefined way, want to continue to light a flame for those important, nearly forgotten dreams.