Sayonara Japan. 🇯🇵 This week I have gained SO much insight into people who consider others before themselves. Leaving a country with such pride and quietude is going to clean the screen on people around me and their attitudes. I'm certain many of us westerners, me included, could learn so much from turning down the volume on our self-importance and listening more to the quiet people.
It was a revelation to witness the care and consideration the Japanese put into every little thing from exquisite paper wrappings, to the clean streets, to the way they prune the pine trees to the ubiquitous heated loo seats. Unlike so many of us in the west, they do not seem to place themselves in the centre of the universe as clearly evidenced by the greeting 'sui ma sen' used all the time in shops meaning both excuse me and sorry at the same time!
I also travelled with some truly kind and thoughtful women who have inspired me to try be a little quieter back home and a more graceful listener. Thank you for the lessons ladies.
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