We had a first consultation appointment with an orthodontist for my daughter. This appointment was originally set on last August. But we needed to reschedule due to my dad-in-law’s sudden death in the month. After his death, since we had been overwhelmed and occupied mentally, we didn’t feel like doing anything.

So, we finally made the first consolation appointment happen this morning.  

I wanted to find a nice and kind orthodontist for my daughter. My biggest concern is not to scare my daughter. I don’t want the orthodontist to say any negative words to my daughter. The orthodontist was not a chatty person, but he was not rude or scary at all neither. His assistant was friendly and informative. The assistant woman told us that my daughter would not need to extract any teeth. They would not use any shots or numb her gum. Every procedure will be done openly to us and they will explain everything before any procedures.

They offered my daughter to start today right away by putting the braces. I thought it was a good idea to start braces right away, but my daughter refused it. We made an appointment in two weeks. We are so excited to her straightened teeth in two years from now on.

Since last year, starting from October, I have been attending 8 seminars regarding insurance presented by Japanese insurance agency. After the seminar, I have been discussing with one agent about whole life insurance plan. I finally selected one plan and finished application form. I asked the agent to show me before she actually submit the application form. She promised she would. But she didn’t keep her promise and went ahead to submit it without my final approval.

I got shocked when I received the confirmation email directly sent from the insurance company. When I opened the file, I found errors from the very first column; the name. When I proceeded to check her input, I found lots of more mistakes. By the time I finished checking to the end of the application form, I found myself shaking from irritation toward the agent. I sent an email to the agent with the list of errors before I went to bed.

This morning I found an email from the agent sent late at night after I went to sleep last night. The email contained full of excuses. She did admit some errors as her small mistakes, but she continued it would be corrected easily. She didn’t admit the other errors. She insisted it was the system error of the insurance company, not her fault.

I contacted her supervisor; the store director and noticed him what happened. He mentioned he doesn’t have anybody else who has a license for my state. I was disappointed that I needed to give up on this life insurance plan because of the agent’s mistake. I need to start over again to find an insurance agent.

This morning my guide spirit appeared in my dream. He is aware of my birthday coming up soon and wants to provide me with lots of gifts. He asked me to make a wish list. He said go ahead to make the list long and add whatever I want. He also asked me to make the wish list with the detailed information. It will be helpful for my family spirits to make them happen. I appreciate my family spirits to think of me.

Here is my long wish list. I look forward to having them all. I am ready to thankfully receive them all.

Completed shed on our home site.

Water pipe installation completed on our home site.

Receptive tank installation completed on our home site.

My husband’s trailer house well cleaned and organized.

Nice friends to send Homeopathy remedies and MTs to me from Japan

Free professional massage

Power tower

Nice, kind, and effective insurance agent

My HbA1C to be 6.4 and less

My weight to be 55 kg / 121 lb or lighter

Healthy muscle with six-pack ab

Trustworthy and close friends

—Once we moved to our home site

Spacious vegetable garden

Many fruit trees

Big trampoline

Golden retriever puppy

Two horses

Chickens

Private swimming pool

Tall pine trees

A nice and kind worker from Japanese Homeopathy School shared some Norito documents with me. The Homeopathy teacher recommends her students to chant Norito and Hannya Shingyo every day saying it will be helpful not only for the students themselves but also for their ancestors. I agree with her idea.

From today I started chanting Norito. It helps me to feel peaceful, calm, and grounded.

I appreciate the school worker and the teacher.

At 2 p.m., I had a meeting with the insurance agent. I have decided to take two plans, and later on, three plans with other companies.

I woke up with the back pain. I know the cause. When I purchased two pack of 24-water bottles from the grocery store, I injured my back. I needed to pick them up from the store floor and put them in the cart. At the self-checkout, I needed to put them on my lap to scan the bar code, then put them back to the cart. At the car, I needed to repeat the process by bending over to carry them and stretching my back to place them in the trunk.

I suffered from the back pain all day long. This back pain made me realize how difficult easy things can be with the pain. When we are in a normal healthy state, purchasing a water bottle pack is not a big deal. We bend over to pick it up from the store floor and place it in a shopping cart. We have to repeat this process at least three times at the store floor, at the cashier, and at the car. At night I had a tough time to get in and out the bath tub because I needed to raise my knee to cross the bathtub.

I apologized to my body for not taking good care of it. Maybe I pulled my back in one of the shopping processes of a water bottle pack. I sent my appreciation to my body for always supporting me in the daily life.

In Japan, we have a philosophy called Yakuotoshi. Whatever we go through some types of unlucky events such as getting sick or losing some items, we consider them positively, because the small unlucky events might have saved us from a big tragedy. It is considered as pay-off to balance out between good and bad. Another way of thinking is after we go through some unlucky events, we will be rewarded by receiving something nice to balance out.

I attended the online Reiki gathering at 1 a.m. There were 49 attendees.

The teacher shared one of the Japanese traditions; Joya no Kane. He explained this to American group, but this time for European group, he added more information that I didn’t know. He mentioned about the Japanese tradition of visiting a shrine or a Buddhism temple during the first 3 days of the New Year. One of his neighbor shrine has three million visitors during three days. I secretly was happy that I don’t need to join this tradition anymore. I just hate going anywhere crowed with a whole bunch of people.

The teacher wanted to know the recent situation in each country. A person in Ukraine said it would be easy for foreigners to enter to her country as they don’t require any tests or vaccines. A person in France and a person in Italy both said it would be difficult to enter their country without vaccinated. They said unvaccinated people are forced to have a miserable life in their countries that they are not allowed to have the same access with the vaccinated people.   

The teacher asked me the most recent condition for foreigners to enter U.S.A. I told him what I know. Since November 8^th 2021, all the non-citizens and non-visa holders are required to get fully vaccinated upon the entry to US. There are some exemptions, but the detailed information of exemptions are of course not written clearly. I know from my personal experiences, getting a medical exemption is a tough process. I never was able to acquire it from any doctors. I wonder if he can make it to Sedona, AZ in this April as they plan. I feel they will have to reschedule again. I feel sorry for them. They originally planned the retreat in May 2020. They kept on rescheduling to October 2020, April 2021, October 2021, and now their current plan in April 2022.

It was a hot day. It was cold yesterday. It is nice to have warm temperature with clear sunny sky, but it is tough for our body to experience a cold day and a hot day in turn. After I came back from my regular walk, I felt dizzy and started having headache. Maybe the heat got me. I can think of another reason. My eating habit has been really bad and my body needs to be reset. Being sick was not bad at all. I could naturally fast 24 hours. Sorry to my body for torturing by eating and drinking alcohol too much nowadays.  

I had a meeting with the insurance agent this afternoon. I was thinking of my late mom. I remember she started having a life insurance around 50, which is my current age. When we go beyond 50, it might be natural for us to start thinking about our old years and after our departure.

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At night I watched the online lecture presented by Japan Homeopathy School. The teacher’s advice resonated with me perfectly. She gave me the exact answer toward my experience in the afternoon. I thought this was a natural way for my family spirits to convey messages to me. When the pandemic started, the teacher was strongly against of wearing a facial mask and having a chusha. However, as she observed many of her students and clients, she gradually came to a conclusion that she needs to find some peaceful ways with others, instead of constantly getting mad at the people who had different opinions from her. Previously she let all her workers and customers not to wear a facial mask in her restaurant and offices, but she now instructed them to be flexible depending on the situation. She installed acrylic plates in her restaurant and offices. She has realized the importance when dealing with opponent people with respect and love. Instead of always arguing with the opponent people, sometimes it helps to give consideration to their feeling by just yielding in.

While I was chatting with one of my friends, she annoyed me by saying her belief about chucha. I didn’t talk back to her. I didn’t tell her anything, but when I came back home, some uncomfortable feeling stayed with me. I know I did the right thing by not talking back to her, because it prevents any possible agree arguments. What I wanted to tell her was like this. I respect her opinion and belief and that is why I won’t oppose them. I want her to do the same. I want her to respect my opinion and belief and stop forcing me to change my belief to hers. However, now I fully realize that I cannot change anybody but myself. I cannot change the way she acts, but I can change my reaction to her. I can change myself to accept her belief and opinion with keeping my belief and opinion. I can change myself not to get offended by her or other people.

While I am writing this, I feel appreciated to her, because she has given me the important reminder. As 般若心経 says, everything is actually neutral. It is my mind whether I get offended or not by outer factors. As long as I stay in my inner peace; 中庸, I will be fine no matter what.

Today we had a nice surprise gift to my daughter. One of our friends brought an artist tool set to my daughter. He said he received it as a Christmas gift but he thought of my daughter. He wanted to have her to brush up her artistic gift. We appreciate him for thinking of my daughter.