I went to a concert by Diana Ross.
It was her first visit to Japan in eleven years.
One of her signature songs, If We Hold On Together, includes the lyric, “Live your story.”
Whenever I hear this song, I find myself wondering whether I am truly living my own life.
Sometimes I question whether I am living someone else’s life instead of my own.
我去参加了戴安娜·罗斯的演唱会。
听说这是她时隔11年再次来到日本。
她的代表作之一《If We Hold On Together》中有一句歌词：”Live your story”。
每当我听到这首歌时，都会忍不住思考：我是否真的在过属于自己的人生。
明明是自己的人生，却有时会觉得，自己是不是正在过着别人的人生。
I attended a talk by a sister from Plum Village, the mindfulness community founded by Thich Nhat Hanh. Around 30 people gathered together, and we spent time meditating with the sister and listening to her violin performance.
The sister shared “five ways to express love”:
She said that acts of service can be something simple, like washing dishes.
Physical touch may be more difficult in Japanese culture.
The sister also mentioned the word “affinity” several times during the talk.
我参加了由一行禅师创立的梅村（Plum Village）修行团体的一位修女举办的讲座。当天大约有30人参加，大家一起冥想，也聆听了修女演奏的小提琴。
修女分享了“表达爱的五种方式”：
她提到，服务并不一定是很大的事情，哪怕只是洗碗也可以。
肢体接触在日本文化中，也许会比较困难。
另外，修女在讲座中多次提到了“affinity（亲近感、连接感）”这个词。
I attended a DE&I training session at HERALBONY.
Despite it being a weekday, around 20 people participated.
I realized that I had been completely mistaken in thinking I understood everything up to now.
我在 HERALBONY 参加了一场关于DE&I的培训。
尽管是工作日，仍有大约20人参加。
我意识到，过去一直以为自己什么都懂，其实是完全错误的。
I watched the Chinese film Last Letter (2018, original title: Hello, Zhi Hua).
https://iwaifilm30th.com/archives/lineup/lastletter-c
The director, Shunji Iwai, also created a Japanese version of the same story titled Last Letter (2020).
We often find ourselves envying people who have things we don’t.
But in reality, they also carry their own worries and insecurities.
我去看了中国电影《你好，之华》（2018）。
https://iwaifilm30th.com/archives/lineup/lastletter-c
导演 岩井俊二 也根据同一原作，在日本拍摄了名为《最后的信》（2020）的作品。
人总是会不自觉地羡慕那些拥有自己所没有东西的人。
但其实，每个人也都有自己的烦恼和不安。
I attended a gospel event at Yodobashi Church in Okubo, Tokyo.
(English) https://yodobashi-church.com/forign_language/english/
It seems that services are also held in English and Chinese at Yodobashi Church.
It had been a while since I last visited Okubo, but most of the people walking around the area were from overseas (it almost felt like there were no Japanese people… haha).
我参加了位于东京大久保的淀桥教会举办的福音音乐活动。
（中文）https://yodobashi-church.com/forign_language/chinese/
据了解，淀桥教会也提供英语和中文的礼拜。
我已经很久没有去大久保了，这次去发现街上来往的人几乎都是来自海外的游客（感觉几乎没有日本人……笑）。
