A Drama You Must Watch: One Liter of Tears

It's a drama series that was broadcast in Japan about four years ago and based on a true story.

Absolutely Inspirational!

Feeling sick and tired? Think you're unhappy? Think you failed? Think you're in doubt? Think you're depressed?

Watch the video. It's probably one of the most inspirational clips I've seen:



That's all.

Food For Thought: Sunflower Poem

ひまわりは、いつでも君たちのそばに咲いている
君たち自身がまた、ひまわりのように咲くことができれば
やり直しのきかない人生などない
例えば老人になったとしてもだ

Sunflowers are always blossoming around you.
If you can blossom like sunflowers,
There is no life you can't start over
Even though you've become old and withered.

ひまわりは日差しを欲しがる
しかし、争うようにはしない
みないたわり合うように、太陽の出る東の空を向いている

Sunflowers crave the sun
But they don't fight over it.
As if caring for each other, they all face east.

僕は知っている
君たちは、友達というひまわりを求め
そして君たちもまた、ひまわりになれることを
ひまわりの花言葉を知ってるかい
いつも、そばにいる
そしてもう一つある
あなたは、素晴らしい
そばにいる人に言ってあげられるかい
そうしたら、君も言ってもらえるよ
あなたは、素晴らしいと

I know
You are seeking sunflowers called friends
And you, too, can be sunflowers.
Do you know the meaning of sunflowers?
"Always there for you."
And there is another:
"You are wonderful."
Can you say that to people around you?
Then, they'll say it to you, too.
That you are wonderful.

Our Deepest Fear

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that frightens us. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be so beautiful, talented, gorgeous, fabulous?' Actually, who are you NOT to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small dos not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. This is not just in some of us, it is in everyone. And as we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people the permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our fears, our presence automatically liberates others."
-Nelson Mandela