work

50s

Getting Sick Made Me Realize about My Personality: My Daily Life Began to Change from That Point

(YO from Tokyo/Female/50s/Civil servant) It all started a few years ago. I felt light-headed and fell over while doing a...
40s

Realizing the “Universal Truth” The Joy That Can Be Experienced in a Foreign Land

(MB from England/Female/40s/Employee at a Golf Country Club) An employee Christmas party was held at the end of last yea...
70s

Be the Person People Seek for at a Job Environment;And There were Necessary Steps for That!

(TY from Gunma Prefecture/Female/70s/Nurse) My husband and I had an arranged marriage more than 50 years ago. At our wed...
60s

It Started with an Accident and a Big Debt
Turning Our Family’s Life Around

(TK from Tochigi Prefecture/Male/60s/Dental Technician)  I had a car accident 24 years ago. While I was driving, a car c...
30s

It’s Not Bad to Show Weakness
Be Yourself and Live

(NS from Hyogo Prefecture/Male/30s)  When I was a child, my kendo teacher told me, "Don't show weakness." Perhaps becaus...
60s

Sayonara to My Lingering Personality! The Reassurance of Kami’s Protection I Feel in My Kokoro

(MN from Chiba Prefecture/60s/Male/Teacher) It’s been 50 years since I registered as a shinja. Looking back, I feel I su...
40s

My Kokoro Full of Greed Was Completely Changed, Realizing That Home Is Where the Soul Finds Peace

(YF from Shizuoka Prefecture/40s/Female/Organization Staff) The atmosphere of our family for the past few years was depr...
20s

In My 3rd Year as a Social Worker, I Found Myself Too Rushing to Become Better, but What Were the True Feelings Behind This?

(MA from Saitama Prefecture/20s/Female/Social Worker) "Now that it's already your 3rd year as a social worker, be aware ...
60s

I’m Enjoying Life! The Sense of Loneliness No Longer Exist

(YK from Toyama Prefecture/60s/Male/Construction) I was raised in a family where my parents were not getting along. Ther...
50s

It Began with a Mistake at Work
My Stubborn Kokoro Was Miraculously Changed

(MO from Miyagi Prefecture/50s/Female/Employee) I was raised by the sea and was taught a sea work from my parents when I...