Even if you don’t have much money, you finally have the time to be grateful that you are with your family.What can you possibly be happier about?

(Updated on November 17, 2005)

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Hello, everyone, I’m Fuyo Haruna.
It’s now getting cold in the mornings and at night. How are you doing?
The earth is getting ready for the winter.
The colors of the sky and mountains that I see from the window are giving my heart a sense of calm and relief beyond words. “How happy I am!” I exclaim to myself, feeling the joy of being alive at this time.
While working at my dressmaking, I come to a sudden pause and think about various people who are struggling and striving for life. I have a strong feeling of wanting to share my joy with them. And I want to tell them that they can be much happier by simply changing their ways of seeing the world.

A couple of days ago, I had an opportunity to talk to a group of people, mainly men. In the gathering, a man said;
“I quit the company I worked for for more than a decade and I am now looking for a job. But I haven’t landed one. I’m getting worried and anxious. We don’t have much money. But the only good thing about my current situation is that I can have dinner with my family, which I’ve never done before. I used to come home late and ate dinner all alone. Now, my wife and I take turns making dinner and eat it with our two children at the same time every day. This year, we’ve been married for ten years but I’ve never done anything like this before. I’m still financially insecure but I feel happy simply for this.”

“That’s wonderful!” I said to this gentleman.
“Except for the fact that you are out of job, you are having the happiest time in your life, aren’t you? Even if you don’t have much money, you finally have the time to be grateful that you are with your family. What can you possibly be happier about?”

I think that everyone has a time when things come to a standstill in life. During that time, people usually get upset, anxious, and worried. But in fact, it is precious time to see yourself?to see how you’ve been doing and what you should be doing in the future. In facing a difficulty, if you can stop worrying about things that haven’t been fulfilled and if you can realize how many blessings you have, your suffering?which I call a tool of life?will come to take on its true meaning.

For this man, this period of endurance is the time of awareness of how happy he’s been. Even if he is financially insecure, he will come to see what is really important to him; something he had overlooked for years when he was running too fast on the track of his life. That is, for instance, that his wife has been there for him, that his children are healthy and happy, and that he himself has been fit and well. He will discover how great these blessings are, and in him a delightful and thankful heart will take root and grow. You cannot tell how much this awakening of his heart means to him and his future. Of course, he may have been grateful for these things in his own way, but refreshing his sense of happiness and gratitude at a higher level of consciousness is a way to raise the level of his heart. Once his heart is elevated to a higher level, he will be granted something special by Nature.

A man who has just been working too hard without seeing himself has now stepped off the treadmill for a while. Is he suffering from a sense of emptiness? No. On the contrary, he is happy with his family. Although he has to face the reality that he can’t live unless he works, he shouldn’t be worried about what he has to do next. Instead, he should be happy about what has already been granted to him. This way will open up the door to the next step for him. Even if nine out of ten of his wishes are not fulfilled, he should be more intensely and ardently grateful for the single great blessing granted to him than he could possibly be. If he can do that, the wishes he thought unfulfilled will be granted. He’s been driving forward too fast without giving the tiniest thanks to things. Think to yourself that he’s come to a stop because Nature has shown its love to him.

People who are reading my message may be experiencing challenges or worrying about things. Being worried is a bad thing. It may attract more bad things. You may end up losing the only blessing you have. So think that challenges are drops of love from Nature to make you aware of the blessing you have and to raise the level of your consciousness. Once you realize, through these challenges, how important it is to develop your soul, Nature will always be out there for you. Then you’ll see your problems solved one by one. Every time a problem is solved, you’ll find another joy in it. The more you are delighted, the more of what makes you happy will come to you. This is how Nature works.

“I’ve never given thanks for things before”, the man said, reflecting to himself. From now on, however, he will find joy in every part of his life. Then, he will realize that the slow-down in his life is the manifestation of great love to make him mentally grow and he will rise to full awareness that he is ‘allowed to live’ in the greatness of Nature.