Reuniting with My True Self ① The Beginning of the School of the Heart

"It's a school of the heart."

When I received that comment from my teacher,
I was honestly scared.

I couldn't reply right away,
and I just closed my smartphone.

But those words stayed
in my head.

Until then, I
loved spending time in Mikko-sensei's world.

The time I spent with the teacher and my friends
was always bright, colorful, and fun.

As long as I was here,
it would definitely be fun.
That's what I thought.

But at the same time,
I realized something somewhere deep down.

I was just staying within the fun that the teacher created for me,
and I still hadn't found what I wanted to do myself.
Even so, I decided to think like this:

"For now, it's okay to just enjoy Mikko."

That's how I

convinced myself.
Then one day,

as usual, I wrote
a slightly negative feeling in my story.
Then, the teacher said one thing:

"It's a school of the heart."

The moment I saw those words,

my heart felt uneasy.
Rather than happy,

I was scared.
I thought

that I was fine as I am now,
but perhaps the teacher was seeing something different.
Whether or not to join the school of the heart,

I hesitated a little.
But looking back now,

I think that even then, my heart
was already leaning toward joining.
That small sense of unease

was the beginning of the school of the heart.