Allowing yourself time just for you | A quiet world of your own | Your own voice | Me-time

Are you listening to the voice of your heart?
Every day, we live surrounded by other people's words and an overflow of information.

In your spare time, you check Instagram, YouTube, and reply to messages.
All sorts of voices come flooding in.

That is good.
This is good.
You should do this.

Before you know it, you forget where your own voice is.
Are you able to hear your own voice?

Sound and silence | A time of mindfulness to sharpen the blade

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At your fingertips, a cold blade edge.
The occasional sound of dripping water.

The winter wind shaking the hut.
The blade sliding over the whetstone.

When I am sharpening a blade, my heart becomes quiet.

Only the rhythmic sound of shhh-shhh reaches my ears.

There is not a single ripple in my heart, not even a breeze blowing.

A quiet world emerges.

正解も混乱も他人の声も、そこには持ち込めない。

Your own voice

Are you taking time to face yourself?

5分でも、トイレの中でもいい。
自分だけの時間。

A place where there is nothing but you.
When you go to such a place, your heart becomes calm and settled.

When your thoughts become a blank slate, your own words begin to speak.

Immerse yourself in a single task.
Drawing, watching a movie, reading manga, cooking, taking a walk.

なんでもいい。

When you are immersed in something,
your mind is blank, and there is nothing there.

And only then,

Your own words begin to speak.

A mind filled with the voices of others.

A world where only correctness, growth, and efficiency are talked about.

But, just one step away from that world,
there is a quiet place that belongs only to you.

Let's go there.

Stop looking for answers outside of yourself.

In the clear silence,
for your words to begin,

let's wait patiently.

When winter comes, I sometimes return to my parents' home to sharpen knives.

I go to the detached shed at the house,

and sharpen the blades with a clear mind.

The water is cold.
The blades are cold, too.

I sharpen them mindlessly for hours.
Gradually, my heart becomes quiet.

My mind becomes completely blank.
I love those moments.

I think only of what is right in front of me.
I love that kind of time.

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