To you who work hard every day. Why not remove the 'fences' in your heart and have some ice cream?

Perhaps we have learned too many rules.

We live our lives following various rules.
Small rules that are followed tens of thousands of times a day.

Those habits keep showing us a deep-seated orientation toward 'should'.

The constraints (shigarami) that arise when following rules

Rules exist everywhere, and we follow them every day.
And unconsciously, we learn to follow them.

We follow rules tens of thousands of times.
Eventually, following rules becomes ingrained in our bodies.

When they turn into constraints (shigarami)

Humans create their own rules.
Wake up early in the morning.
Exercise.
Go to school.

All rules we create unconsciously ourselves.
Because of them, we might be feeling cramped.

The idea that 'following rules equals I must do this' is formed.
Humans have good brains.
That's why we can learn many things.

しかし、学習しなくていいことまで学んでしまう。

Rules themselves are not bad.
If you think of following the rules you made yourself as
'obligation/must do',
then the rules turn into constraints.

We're only human, we're clumsy.

People are bound by the rules they create themselves.

とても不器用。
不器用なのが通常運転。

We're only human, isn't it okay to be clumsy?
Bound by the rules we made ourselves, feeling cramped.

It's more fun to cherish the fact that
you're a bit of a klutz.

It's okay to be clumsy.

Perhaps we have learned a little too much about following rules.
Just for today,

isn't it okay to eat ice cream before dinner,
stay up late,
or chug milk before going to bed?

However,
there is one rule you must not forget.

That is,
when you finish the tea in the refrigerator,
please make a new batch.

不器用でいいじゃない、にんげんだもの。

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