I'm singing a song to Jennie, my cat as he's sitting here in my lap to sing in like, Jennie, Jennie, you're my cat. And I love you. So, Jennie, Jennie, I'll be here until you want to go. Just having her in my lap. I decided to hang out with her until she gets bored of me. Yeah, and, oh, here it goes. She's almost getting bored. Okay, okay. Okay. So she got bored. Um, maybe it's because the song ended and I started recording this hey Jennie.
But actually, I want to say last night, just last night, on the fifth of May so five, five. On the fifth year of the Reiwa era. I received a well message. Basically, the short version is that I forgot to bring my I forgot to put my bicycle parking lot card back into my wallet. I I trimmed I slimmed down my wallet one day when it was raining and I expected to get soaking wet. So I took everything out of my wallet. Except just like my identification card. out of my wallet at that time went the bicycle parking lot card with which I can update my sticker on my bicycle. Just for the record, this is the new black bicycle, the giant gravity a bicycle that I got I basically a year ago at this point. Yeah, so and that's thanks to Mark for helping me select it and actually helping me buy it because at the time, I didn't have no money. So the
Oh, so I didn't have the card. I went to the parking lot. And I was like, Ah, crap, I forgot the card again. So I went to the desk, and I was like, Hey, man, I forgot my card. And basically, he didn't know how to give me a new card with my old customer number on it. And so he's like, yeah, sorry, took several minutes. He's like, Yeah, sorry, this is gonna take too long. I'll figure it out. And you pay me your money. This is this is very Japan. He's like, you know, give me the money. And we'll figure it out. But this is not Japan. He didn't give me a receipt. I just I gave him like 6500 or he made some change back so 6300 yen and maybe more anyway doesn't doesn't matter. 6000 Yeah, six was anyway 6800 yen that's it for sure. So I gave them 6800 yen and that included a 500 fee 500 again fee for making the new card.
And I grumbled a bit but as it because it took so long and silly me for forgetting the card but I was like feeling grumbly energy coming up. But I'm at Yeah, you know, it's all good. And I kept saying I trust you God. When I left that left the desk left the parking lot the bicycle parking lot area I just my hands in the air. I was like high fiving guys like God, I trust you. It's all gonna be good. It's all fine. Even though I didn't have a receipt or proof that I had paid. I was like it's all good. And just basically let it fall out of my brain and went to a beautiful day in the park yesterday. Yogi Park was very crowded. Being the during Golden week holiday. So it's the we just had three holidays in Japan. Today is Saturday. Oh, by the way, today's Saturday at seven 50 2am On Saturday, April 6 2023. As I write this now or speak it into otter so
yesterday in the park was lovely. I got to re meet Oscar and Yumi who are friends of Jens and Kaori. They, I don't know how Kaori and Jens met, nor how Oscar knew me. I know they did say that. Oscar Yumi met through a course. He took a course in meditation or something Transcendental Meditation. He may have said that. Yeah, so anyway, he met her through that. I don't know how he ends and county met. This has no relevance in the beautiful day, but they all were basically on in the park for a picnic. That county arranged the date with me about a month ago. She's uh, yeah, When can you come out? About may 5 Because that was the first day that I had available my calendar. And she was like, Cool. We'll be there at one o'clock. I said, Cool. And I'll be there at one o'clock. I was late. But they were more late. Oscar numi we're not late. But my friend Ai, Ai-chan was there as well. She was there on time. So she's the first one who I saw and then Oscar and you meet came back. They were in the park looking for us. And so everyone we all met up and it was all good.
And we found a place in the park had a lovely great day some more my friends came Mike from frisbee from Ultimate. And so go workout boot SOGO bootcamp, and so called Ultimate. And Elena joined and Mike Nelsestuen joined and who else Oh, Martin and Sue Susana, Martin and Susanna joined as well. And their friends via Missy actually who needed someone to help with cat sit her cat cats plural hasn't five. So they met us via Petya, who knew about the cat situation. So? Yeah, so anyway, Michael Nelson, Steven saw them and was like, Oh, hey, it's Martin and Susanna. So they came over and join us for a bit. It was great, though. Ellie was there with his son, Eyal. and think, oh, and then on Kaori's side was Mi... Is that right? Yeah. Miho. And Yumi, Miho, Kaoru, Kaori were there.
So anyway, had a good time, and played played frisbee and it was great. And then people started to leave it started to get dark, not dark, but they left after lunch and stuff. Then Elena, Ai-chan, and I went into the park further to see the roses and the Rose Garden. And then I walked Elena out, because she had to go and then I came back to hang out with Ai-chan for a bit. Ai-chan asked me some questions about how I got started in my spiritual practice. And like, ask if there was a specific event or something. I hadn't really thought about that. But just realizing that I had been working with the practicing massage, even in high school, through the youth group, and in one of our weekend rallies, we had someone a basic massage therapist, come and teach us some basics of Swedish massage, I guess it'd be called Swedish, but basically, manipulating the muscles to release tension and such. And so even since high school, I've been doing massage type stuff.
And I told her that my dad was into, like, what,, ESP and channeling and dowsing. He took a course from University of Santa Monica, about count a counseling course. And so yeah, all all good stuff. And I just was kind of immersed in it growing up. And remember even high school even in high school, I wanted to be a counselor. Which is interesting that I never really studied that. But yeah, all good, all good. So they had a nice talk was Ai-chan in a big hug at the end, and then headed out of the park.
Then I went directly to the barefoot walking event for full moon last night. And I felt really grateful the community is growing slowly but growing as in last month, and I think the month before, zero people attended. And it was like, Alright, I need to I need to advertise better, or cancel if there's no RSVPs or something. And I'm still kind of feeling into how to do that. Because it was on while I was on the way there. Shinjiro said, hey, I'll be there. Okay, good. I'm glad that I'm planning to be there. But I also had confirmation from Yoko's friend Miho, who said she would be here be there is that right Miho? Because we had yes Yumi and Miho. Yes, was another second Miho that I met today. And then Shinjiro said his friend, Hiroto, not Hirota, which is more, which I've heard a few times, Hiroto also joined.
So had three attendees yesterday at the barefoot walking event. It was pretty chilly. So we didn't stay that long. But we went out into the field. Under the full moon had a nice clear view of the full moon at times it was it was overcast. Well, it was cloudy, not overcast, but we could always definitely see the full moon even through the clouds. And yeah, really beautiful time, I did the meditation in Japanese a bit. And I'm too shy to even try it now and the audio but like allow, I didn't really say Allow but like Moon Moon light shines down on on your body, you know, kind of thing is very simple guidance to allow us to be filled with moonlight and to allow the energy of the moon did or ultra release any negative energies that we don't need any more. So in very clumsy Japanese, I was able to do some of those phrases, I think. I mean, they kind of came to me he like I think this might be a way to say that and just go for it.
And what's really, really just so beautiful about the whole thing I am it was again a case of like, Wow, I can't believe I'm getting paid to do this. And just so grateful to have this opportunity to serve and to to be of service in a way that people are feeling supported. And in all the cynic inspired me like I gotta learn some Japanese you know, better than having like doing verb drills or what have you. Then I so, feeling really blessed by the community growing and that I can support the community and everyone seemed to have a good time and it was all good even it was cold. We had great, great time and energy. Then I got headed headed back to my station. And Jennie Hey Jennie, how you doing?
So I then got got back to the bicycle parking lot area and had this what is it like note on my bicycle, that's usually as a yellow note, I'm sure it says, Hey, looks like you forgot to pay. You know, and something something your sticker has expired or there's no sticker whatsoever. And this is a warning will tell your tow your bicycle if you don't sort it out quick. However, on top of that had been written, we'll keep your card in the office, basically, we have your bicycle card, and then look down on the on my bicycle on the back was my updated sticker. And I just like I just was felt so grateful. I had a little cry in the moment. I'm like, Oh, God, thank you so much. And just like trusting God and higher power, and that it's all gonna be okay. And it was beyond what I expected. I thought I'd have to go there and be like, Hey, I'm the guy that lost. But that little bit, they put the sticker on my bicycle for me. And in exactly the right spot where I'd want it to be on top of the previous one, which allows the first sticker to be visible still. And they didn't rip off other stickers, apparently. Anyway, it was done just beautifully and perfectly. I'm so happy. I had a little cry of joy and just feeling really connected and supported and blessed. And yes, such a nice time.
And that was all while talking with Jess X Goh in Sydney, about our respective days, and how we're really enjoying the process of living with God's guidance and, and higher power and spirit. And we just have this shared kind of language about that. And I was like, hey, what does angel number 555 mean? Because that was the date written on the thing. And she's like, Oh, I have to look it up. And so looking it up. It's about abundance, about change about letting go of the old and allowing new to come in. And I was like, that sounds cool. And then, you know, gratitude for an angel number, the repetition there. And it's, I mean, it's not too surprising that on the date of the thing, however, it was triggered because I forgot the card. And because he didn't know how to do it quick enough. He's like, I'll do it later.
So for at minimum, those two things. If had either one not been the case, I would not have received that handwritten 555 at the top of this notice. And so it's like, that's really neat. Oh, and then there's a third one that I told him. I know, I will not be back before you guys close, because I'm going to the event and bla bla bla bla. So that's three different things at minimum, any one of which I wouldn't have gotten the note there. And yeah, so story's not over yet.
So yeah, so about change and about prosperity and abundance and all of this stuff. I said, Cool. That is great. And then this morning, and this is like continuing the story that started over a month ago. Just this morning at 702 a m, I received the final, what's the word like the link to do the to make the the official like sign the dotted line with ATG, the publisher of this book. And I don't know exactly how and where the money is going to come from to pay for it. But it is It's, I trust God. It is within my means. And it's like, it's just Alright. Cool. We're going to do this right in the book.
It's just really neat to have the 555 last night, and the email came in this morning. And yeah, really feeling the gratitude and blessing. And this is the the type of thing that I'm finding is normal as I'm continuing to shine gratitude out into the world.
Oh, and I, I talked to Eli this morning. No, no, no, sorry. That's interesting. I talked to Eli yesterday at the picnic, and I was like, What did I say? Because at that point, I didn't know about the 555 that was coming up. I said, Oh, I said, How does gratitude work? And he basically said, that this is a theory and he heard and he doesn't know but that the, the formlessnesss, out of which the form arises, is most effectively directed with our vision, and our gratitude. And okay, that great, that's basically what I have noticed as well, I wouldn't use the terminology about the formless. But I've I've been using like terminology, like higher power responding to gratitude. And yeah, but fair enough. I like even going one one layer back to the, to the formless. And responding well to this is what I remember him, it may not be what he said, But responding well to the gratitude as we give the vision. And I've heard this and read this countless, countless times.
So dear reader, this is me, sharing with you. It's been working, it works. For me, it's working, sharing your vision, sharing your gratitude. It's, it's magic. And it's working at the level that you will allow it to be true in your life. And so I'm saying that because I'm allowing it to be true at this level. When I sent the email off today, I sent it as best selling author, Rob nugen.com, had Mark. And it's like just the gratitude and creating the vision best selling author for a long time. Going rewinding the story I've been looking up to by a my friend who I met here, he lived in the same guest house when he first came to Japan. And we had basically our commonality we're both from United States, but he's he's from Brooklyn, and he's into, into like basketball and sports and, and writing, which I wasn't at that time. And we were basically like, proverbial ships passing in the night. We didn't really connect. But I've always respected his work. And he's been so he's now like, well established as a writer, specifically in Tokyo. He wrote the book loco in Yokohama. He wrote, My name is Moses, my name is Biei. And I'm a racist, and really brilliant books. And he's now writing the weekly or monthly column, black i In The Japan Times, I think. And at one point he posted on social media. I really loved the phrasing. He's like visualizing his book, selling like tapioca.
Like That is hilarious. because it's a beautiful thing. And it's so funny that in like, five years ago, we started to get tapioca tea shops just popping up everywhere it's like, and the same way that we nowadays you can just add, you know, AI to the business name and suddenly get a bunch of funding, all they had to do was put tapioca in the tea and suddenly sell a lot of tapioca. Or to sell a lot of tea. And he's like, have his book sell like tapioca? And I was like, Yeah, I love that vision. And so, here's me like 10 years, you know, his junior in terms of like books, but same vision, gratitude to higher power books selling like tapioca. And I there's, to be honest, there's a part of me who does not believe that it can be real and that certainly can can hinder. Your belief is creative. However, as I'm working with vents, and the A T G, team, the they're well versed and helping get past these, the blocks and the and like, I'm not good enough kind of feelings that invariably come up. This is from the book, do the work. Forgot the author's name, but invariably, it's like I'm not good enough. This comes up and I hear it all the time. So yeah, anyway, I'm now babbling and and really feeling gratitude for this opportunity to do my own work. And thank you for doing your own work as it's of critical critical importance. The the phrase be raft What was that line? I'm gonna pause this and find that line. This is from the course of A Course in Miracles chapter five. Number six time and eternity. God in His knowledge is not waiting. But his kingdom is bereft while you wait. All the sons of God are waiting for your return. Just as you're waiting for there's delay does not matter in eternity. But it is tragic in time.
So dear reader, do not delay
your gifts and your work in this world are critical and vital importance. And thank you for sharing them with us.
Sending you all the love in the world. Nice little chime in the recording here sending you all the love in the world. Bless you, and I love you. Looking forward to see you soon
