I always wanted to be “someone else”. In my childhood, Sashiko artisans told me

I always wanted to be “someone else”. In my childhood, Sashiko artisans told me my future as the Sashiko “leader”. I didn’t want to take over the responsibility. Sashiko wasn’t my passion. Even after I made a commitment to Sashiko, those “I wish I were” moments often bothered me.

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M.D., Atty, Engineer and Investor… I wanted to be someone who would make a lot of money. I believed the amount of money could define happiness. It is an inevitable truth that Money is important. I worked hard to get a degree in the US… after all, I wasn’t smart enough to be any one of those. Well… accurately, I wasn’t brave enough to “stake my life” to be someone else. I was just afraid of letting “it (Sashiko)” go, and I prepared myself to be dragged back here. I kept whining with my excuses to not be someone else.

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I still wish to be someone else occasionally. However, it is more like reading fiction now. I know who I am. This is my life. Therefore, from my experience, I want to make a “place” where people can belong, where people can appreciate “who we are” without worrying about “what we can do”. Sashiko can make such a place when the people there mutually understand what Sashiko really is. Not only superficial “Oh, I love how it looks” flattering, but a place filled with respect where we do not have to care about each other much because we already know we care enough. We may call it “family” – and “good friends”.

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I cannot contribute to society by innovation, Law, Medicine nor Money. However, I can contribute to society by sharing some wisdom. Why Hand-Stitch? Why Sashiko? There are many stories for what I share. There is no absolute answer. Keep look forward. There are always something we can do. Enjoy Sashiko. 

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このところ刺し子が全然できておりません。理由は「忙しいから」なのですが、刺し子をしないと頭の整理が追いつかないようで、日々雑念ばかりが浮かびます。隣の芝が青く見えるのもこういう時です。「刺し子したいなぁ」と思いながら恵子さんと実務の話をしていたら、「ねぇ、こういうのもありだよねぇ」と本題をぶった切る恵子さんの刺し子です。うん。それ、今、俺が刺し子してる柄だよね。しかも、一度「恵子さんが完成させたもの」に、追加して刺してるよね。こういう凸凹ペアなので、上手く言ってるんでしょうね。良いんです。こういう恵子さんを応援したくて始めたSashiCoなので（笑）

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2021-01-27 10:17:24

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