One positive event in the morning was that I saw Mt. Fuji with its first dusting of snow.  That is always a good sign.  It is a reminder that I am actually in Japan and not anywhere elese in the world.  The day quickly went down hill from there.  Overall it was quite a rough day.  It seemed like no matter what I do I was on the verge of just loosing my voice.  My throat ached and ached.  I wasn’t really able to get into the swing of things.

All of that changed as soon as I looked out the window at about a quarter to four.  The sky was filled with puffs of clouds with rays of gold spinning down to the horizon.  I just paused and stared for a minute.  I let the truth of this beautiful scene wash over all the troubles of the day.  They just melted away as I focused again at how beautiful, crazy, lovely this world is.

I have been feeling the ups and downs of life in these days.  These are the days that can’t seem to make up it’s mind wether it is autumn or not.  I was so pleased to see as I stepped out of the station the blue heavens smiling at me.  A smile as wide as the horizon with golden rays coming down to the soil.  It warmed my heart and all I could do was to smile back.