Saving up emotions.
Hello, this is Machino☀️
Thank you to everyone who always reads my posts🫧
And it has been a while. Even while I haven't been able to write on note, I have been enjoying reading everyone's posts☺️
I would like to write a relaxed story this time as well.
Until the sown seeds push up the soil and sprout, we who are watching from the outside cannot know what is happening inside the soil.
Sometimes we don't even notice that a seed has been planted there.
In the same way, even when you are working straight toward something you decided to do, you might feel like "nothing is progressing" or "nothing has changed."
I think many people have experienced such moments.
At such times, you might feel anxious, wondering "is there any point in continuing like this?" or fear might arise, thinking "maybe it's better not to go any further."
Since we are human, this can happen to anyone.
However, the moment when the actions you have accumulated little by little take shape might be just around the corner, even if it is just not visible yet.
I think there are not a few cases where people don't notice that, get swallowed up by anxiety and fear, and throw away what was about to take shape, saying "Oh well, I'll just quit!"
It feels like a waste and leaves a bit of a bad aftertaste to destroy with your own hands something you have painstakingly built up little by little, just because it is not taking shape yet.
So, what should you do when you are working toward something, but it just isn't taking shape?
What I personally find comfortable to practice and effective is to "save up moments of inspiration" while quietly going about the tasks right in front of me.
During the little gaps between work or scheduled tasks,
while doing chores, or in the few minutes before going to sleep.
At times when my weaker self threatens to emerge, I try to make time to engage with things that move me.
It could be a drama, a movie, a video, or music.
Try engaging with something that makes you think from the bottom of your heart, "Wow, this is truly wonderful," something that can even move you to tears.
Feelings of inspiration are fresh, warm, and enrich the heart.
And I don't believe that these feelings of inspiration simply vanish in the moment.
When you look back on a past episode where you felt deeply moved, don't you find that you actually remember how you felt at that time?
The sensation of the moment you experienced that inspiration remains in your heart.
Just as you save money little by little in a piggy bank to buy a toy you desperately want,
feelings of inspiration also accumulate in your heart each time you experience them.
Furthermore, the act of "being moved" itself has the power to cleanse the heart and leave you feeling refreshed.
It washes away the anxiety and fear that suddenly cling to you with surprising ease.
Saving up moments of inspiration enriches the heart while simultaneously washing away anxiety and fear.
That is why, when it feels like nothing is progressing or nothing is changing, I believe that by saving up inspiration within yourself, you can overcome such situations in a comfortable state of mind.
Before we knew it, February ended and it is now March.
Though the cold remains, spring is just around the corner.
To everyone quietly and wholeheartedly working on what is right in front of you.
While saving up little moments of inspiration that stir your heart, why not wait for the moment when your thoughts take shape and sprout?
If you can find inspiration and spend even the moments when nothing is moving in comfort,
I think that waiting for your dreams to come true can also be a joyful experience.
Finally, I would like to introduce some videos and music that I watched, listened to, and found particularly moving!
They are all things that will warm your heart, so please take a look if you'd like 🫧
| Moving Videos |
[Prank] I pulled a prank on a girl who loves Hikakin by appearing in her house and it turned into a big deal lol [Moving] | Hikakin TV
This is a video where the fan's pure and straightforward reaction is so contagious that it makes you feel happy too 💓
The follow-up video filmed a few years later is also wonderful, so please watch them together if you'd like!
I surprised a fan who is battling cancer | Yuuri Channel
Beyond Yuuri's powerful singing voice, I felt that the lyrics of the requested song reflected the fan's strong desire to live in the present despite being told they had limited time, and it made me realize once again how incredible the power of music is ✨
"Someday we will die"... What a 90-year-old grandfather wanted to convey to his 12-year-old grandson at the "water hole". | Knight in Night [ABC TV Official]
This is a shortened version of what was broadcast on "Knight Scoop".
I was moved by the reason why the grandfather wanted to show his grandson the water hole.
It is a video that gently warms your heart with the calm and strong affection of a grandson thinking of his grandfather, and a grandfather thinking of his grandson!
| Moving Music |
"Ame Agaru" (After the Rain) | Kotringo
The notes of the piano, which felt like raindrops falling pitter-patter, turn into light shining through the clouds before you know it. It is a song that makes your heart feel clear.
I would be very happy if you could also tell me about things that have moved you ☺️
May today be a pleasant and warm day for you as well☀️