Actually today is my birthday

I celebrated my birthday today.

Everyone is at work tomorrow, so they're probably sleeping, and I haven't received any congratulatory messages from anyone other than my family and my friend who was on the phone before the date was over.

After the date changed and I finished the phone call with my friend, I was a little disappointed that there were no congratulatory messages from anyone other than my family.

However, it was probably because I had seen everyone's responses to the other questioners before, and when I noticed it, I was no longer disappointed even though I hadn't been contacted.

Nor is it strong.
I can't say it well, but I was able to change my mind about “I exist here” and “I'm glad I was born” even just getting congratulations from my family and the friend who made the phone call.

Up until now, I think I've been pessimistic, saying “I haven't been contacted by my friends, I'm not that big of a friend.”

Is this enlightenment?

Somehow, I feel like living just a little bit more fun. Is that an exaggeration? I feel like I was able to overcome my negative self for the first time up until now.

Anyway, I would like to thank everyone here and my family and friends for celebrating. Thank you so much.

If you have any words or advice so that I can continue to live positively in the future, please.

3 Zen Responses

“Fuse” gifts!

Happy birthday!

You received a nice present for your birthday this year. A gift from the heart that is more important than things!
A heart born from a heart of seeking and expecting “betrayal, hopelessness, distrust, etc.” When it reaches this heart, it ruins people's hearts.

An important “donation” heart. It's a line where you don't ask for anything and don't expect anything!

Please take good care of this “gift” present from now on until always.
Don't forget to give your parents and friends a gift in return!

Congratulations ‼

Happy birthday, Gomamochi-san.
Also, please fill it with the joy of being able to make the most of this year with a new feeling.
Changing your way of thinking is so difficult and wonderful.
Incidentally, in the Jodo Shinshu sect, a Buddha called Amida Nyorai is the object of worship, and it opened my mind after thinking about how to save me for a long period of time.
Once every 100 years, a celestial maiden comes down to earth and strokes a large rock with her coat, and when that stone wears out and is no longer, it is compared to one hundred years.
In short, it's so difficult to gain insight that can't be expressed with astronomical numbers.
When you change yourself, feelings of regret and the feeling that “I am in a different situation” are sometimes born. Buddha was like that too.
There is even more depth from there. That's why I think Buddhism is a fun, wonderful, and living textbook.
My child goes to a Buddhist preschool, and on her birthday she gives me a message saying “Thank you, Mom, for giving birth.”
My way of thinking about birthdays changed, and I burst into tears.
As Buddhists, let's cherish each other's feelings together and thanks to you.
Congrats.

Happy birthday to you ♪

Let's deliver this song from me to you, to the only Buddha in the wide world who loves you ~ ♪
(A partial revision of Zaitsu Kazuo's gift without a stamp)

Have you made it in time yet? Congratulations! And thank you very much for your kind words to us. We will do our best too, so let's work hard together. Ask questions anytime, anywhere.

It's all in vain. (Sorry if the usage is wrong.)

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