Today is my Japanese dad’s birthday. When I mentioned it to my daughter, she got excited and told me “let’s call him and sing a birthday song to him.”
Her statement startled me. I wish I could…, I thought to myself. Instead of saying my mind’s voice, I told her “I cannot call him because of the time difference. It is 7 am here, but it is 11 pm over there”. Then my daughter said “okay then, let’s send an email to him”. So, we did.
My parents live in Japan and I live in America. The physical distance is far away and we are in the different time zone. But, between my parents and myself, there is more. I feel a huge gap between my parents and myself. I feel sad about it. I know, though, I need to accept that. My parents and I are not closely connected spiritually.
If we were spiritually close, it would be much easier to be born as a family member and live a life as a family. On the other hand, it is a tough challenge for both parties in case one soul is born to one family who is not spiritually close. However, this tough situation brings lots of learnings and lessons for both parties.
I had a hard time being a family member to them. That means, most likely, my parents had a hard time to accept me and understand me.
I always appreciate for their unconditional love to accept me to be born as their child this lifetime.
Although I am away from them physically, I always think of my parents and send happy thoughts and prayers to them.
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