2010 has been a tumultuous and excited year for this little blogger. Among the many things I was able to accomplish and am grateful, I appreciate the opportunity to study abroad, a major life goal achieved. Japan was a learning process: personality quirks and traits were revealed, my understanding of my surrounding environment broadened a little, more cultural awareness and communication improved! I successfully navigated my first traumatic event, tragic heartbreak, and subsequent depression, with psychiatric help. I helped shakubuku an "at-risk youth," and finished my first ever million daimoku chart!
Again, as at the end of every semester I have experienced to date, it has become clear to me just how much the people around me support and care for me. To those whom I speak to or see daily, I thank them. To those whom I am physically separated, my love and support has not wavered, I wish and pray for their happiness and success all the same.
I don't regret anything that I did, happened to me, or happened around me this past year. Nor do I regret the interactions I had with the people in my life this year, perhaps to some one's dismay.
My only hope for 2011 is that my existence alone can inspire pleasant and motivating feelings in those around me. Hopefully everything will go well for more people in 2011 than the amount of people who didn't have things in their favor in 2010.
"We were born to struggle and challenge ourselves. We were born to progress in our lives and to win. This is the meaning of a life dedicated to happiness and peace. The purpose of life is being victorious. And the key to victory is chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo." Josei Toda
