Good morning. How are you today? Bloom your own way, at your very best. This is Yukihiro Shima, Oubaitori.com. Morning Daimoku, ten thousand chants. Today is number 1,137.
Our grandchildren’s summer stay ends today. They came on Sunday, and today is Saturday. They go home tomorrow.
There was one thing I kept to through these eight days.
Eight Days, and Today Is the Last One
This was the one thing.
While they were here, I got up even earlier than usual, and I let them see me chanting. Then straight to the office: record and post the Morning Daimoku journal, and finish the work that had to be done that day, fast, using AI. And then sit down at the breakfast table with them.
From late morning, or from the afternoon, we went out together. Today there will be something new again, another memory, another day of history being made.
What My Eldest Grandchild Said to Me
Last night I told my eldest grandchild, a fifth grader, a little about how these eight days had gone. This is what came back:
“So that’s what you were doing. You went that far, you worked hard, and you were still here with us.”
To receive those words makes me happy. There is no other word for it.
Not Simply Being There. Doing What Must Be Done First.
Because the grandchildren are staying, it does not mean I should simply sit with them all day. Do what has to be done today, do it properly, and then spend the time with them. I want them to feel the whole of it — the effort, and the state of mind behind it.
If even a little of that was carved into their lives during these eight days, that was my wish. And the days themselves, stacked one on another, remain — as my own history, bloomed at its very best.
Let’s Daimoku. Let’s make today the best day.
🙏 From Yukihiro Shima — Oubaitori.com
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