He graduated a vocational school, though he couldn’t have any confidence to go out into the world. That is why he setting off his pilgrimage journey by walk. Way of keep walking alone was painful than his imagination.
During his journey, one unforgettable encounter has occurred to him. He met a woman who came from Miyagi Prefecture. In conversation, some words of her was pierced his heart.
"I wonder if my son is now in ocean around Hawaii."
Her son was washed away by the tsunami caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake, and not came back at all. To the women speaking with resigned smile, he could say nothing.
So that he was overwhelmed by his helplessness, he was trying to leave in silence in the next morning. At the moment, he was hailed by the woman.
"Do your best."
She vigorously let grasp something in his hand with saying so. He wondered what it is and opened his hand, then he found it was a five thousand yen bill. While heart wound caused by the earthquake has not healed yet, she cared about him. Getting power from the fact, he could walk the rest of his way.
As soon as his completion of the pilgrimage, he went to temporary house in Miyagi which is the women live in. On behalf of the woman who could only go around a few point of Fudasho, he collected all of copies of sutra to present to her. Then she said,
"Well done."
with laughing. Now he could make her smile. The fact brought unwavering confidence to him. Finally he found thinking and moving in order to get willing to someone directly leads to pleasure of his own. He is now working in a facility for the elderly.
By the way, that five thousand yen bill, which was given by the woman has not used at all, and been kept carefully even now.
Encounter changes the person and also changes one’s fate. When you getting uneasy, it is the time to act not for your own but for someone. Then you get unexpected power in yourself.
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