パーティーの〆めに、鴨川で花火をした！なんと素敵な。
花火セットについていたろうそくが短くて、しかも風にあおられて花火を点火するのに時間を要していたらあっという間に消えてしまったーー ので、そこからライターでじかに火をつけて、点火している花火からまた火をもらう…というリレー形式に。面白かったな。そこまでの演出を見越したろうそくの短さなのではないか…？ ともかくも。ライターを点ける親指と花火の火がかなり近かったと思うのだが、火をつけさせてくれた方に感謝…！
夜の鴨川花火、すごく楽しかったし、風流だなーって感じだったし、帰国する友達とのとりあえずの最後の遊ぶ機会になったから、ほんとに行って良かったし、誘ってもらえてありがたかったと思っている。
今は本当ーーにそう思うのだけど、当日その時は、夜10時の時点で眠くて、明日もあるし帰ろうーーと思っていたのだ。花火、惹かれるけどちょっとエネルギーがないなあ、というか。でも、仲良しの人達ばっかりだったし、誘いは断らない主義(笑)なので、花火しましたとも。12時40分帰宅…！悔いなし！！ エネルギーは、待っていても生まれない。活動し始めて初めて生まれる、という。「やる気になるまで待っていたらいつまでもできない。作業を始めたらやる気が出てくるものだ。」というような、「やる気」と同じメカニズムなのだね…！
Then, as the last activity, we did sparklers at Kamo river under cherry blossoms in full bloom at night! The view of the combination was fantastic. It was a lot of fun!!
The candle that came with the sparklers was so short, and the wind kept blowing it out, so by the time we managed to get a fire going, it burned out in no time... So we ended up lighting the sparklers directly with a lighter, and then used the lit sparklers to light others, like a relay. It was a fun team-building challenge. Honestly, I started to wonder if the candle was made that short on purpose to create that whole experience. Very clever if so. Anyway, I’m really grateful to the person who lit the lighter and let us lit our sparklers even though his thumb must’ve been dangerously close to the fire!
The nighttime sparklers by the Kamo River were so much fun, and the atmosphere was so poetic and surreal. Plus, it was kind of a farewell hangout for a friend who’s heading back home, so I’m really glad I went. I’m super grateful to have been invited.
Well, now I feel all that for real, but at the time around 10 p.m. on that day, I was so sleepy and thinking, “I should probably head home, gotta get up early tomorrow too...” Sparklers by the river sounded tempting, but I didn’t think I had the energy. Still, it was all with close friends, and I’ve got this no-refusing-invites policy 😋, so yes—we did the sparklers, felt like we were teenagers again. Got home at 12:40 a.m., past midnight. Still no regrets!
Energy doesn’t just show up if you wait for it. It comes after you start moving. Just like motivation—you can’t wait around for it forever. Once you begin, it kicks in, like they say in business. Same mechanism,
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