A Dream I Once Had

When I say 'a long time ago,' I don't mean when I was a small child in elementary school,
but rather when I was already fairly grown up,
I had a dream of living in a big house.

It had many rooms,
and each room had a travel theme.
Each room was like
a different country.

A purely Japanese room with bamboo blinds, armrests, and an incense burner,
complete with a koto, shrine maiden attire, and even a twelve-layered ceremonial kimono.

A room with fabric-upholstered cabriole-leg chairs and a mahogany chest,
a mirror like the one in Snow White, and a canopy bed.
A room that combined both grandeur and lightness,
from a greedy Renaissance style to a modern one.

A room with an impressive blue arabesque pattern,
where geometric decorations and gold-rimmed glasses
reminded me of the Middle East or the Alhambra Palace.

I could go on forever,
but I was really obsessed with the forms, colors, and materials of the furnishings,
fantasizing about them in great detail.

Getting seriously absorbed in such meaningless things
is so much fun, isn't it!!

Nowadays, if you just give these conditions,
ChatGPT can easily create the images for you,
but I want my own children
to train their analog power of imagination.

After all, is there any other hobby that
trains your visualization skills so well,
costs absolutely nothing,
is purely enjoyable,
can even serve as a topic of conversation,
and might even be
the seed of a future money tree?
It can be done anywhere and doesn't add to your clutter.
Is there any other hobby that is almost entirely full of advantages?!

Ah, but you know,
there is one slightly major
disadvantage, or rather, drawback.

That is, if you let your guard down,
your cheeks might accidentally relax,
making you look silly with a goofy grin,
and you might accidentally let your imaginary conversations
slip out as you talk to yourself! (lol)

Drawing your dream house side-by-side with your child,
saying things like, 'This is for this,' and so on.
May there be more happy parent-child time in the world✨️

Who can I make smile today?
It's nice to be able to start a day thinking like that, isn't it?

If you look in the mirror with that feeling right now,
you'll see the face of the first person who became happy today✨️