LEARNING FROM OUR JAPANESE HERITAGE
Oct
11
"HEALTHY CELL" is Goto-Health's super-ego like Jiminy CricketEGO: unconscious tape recording of past - conscious expression of self
ID is our hormonal instincts - can be influenced by environment
https://youtu.be/r1NfP3vdQcY?si=PJJX5Q3vcuv6c4MR
1. VISIT FAMILY GRAVE: Grandpa Nakanishi bought 12 plots in the Kent Japanese Section of Hillcrest Cemetary in 1925 when Japanese were discriminated. Uncle Hiro remembers mowing the grass before it was incorporated into Hillcrest so now they take care, but it is still segregated. In some. ways it makes us special.
2. PICK UP TRASH: When we lived on Seattle's Capitol Hill in the 1960s, the girls and I pulled their wagon around the block on May Day to pick up trash.
3. HARA HACHIBU - eat until 80% full: The girls being conscientious as teens for looking good, this is no issue.
4. GOCHI-SO-SAMA: Respect for the food, the cook, the food sources, nature and work of providers. We started saying ITADAKIMAS before eatging, but can introduce this appreciative ending. We've gotten lax about starting and ending our meals together, but appreciate that most of the meals get everyone there close to the same time.
5. KOTO-DAMA - care in use of words: Use our Healthy Cell/Jiminy Cricket to guide us. So far the girls are pretty good.
6. KEEP THINGS ON TIME: Example is how there is an apology if a train in Japan is even 1 minute late or early. Our family is working to embrace "YOYU" - translated to "extra" when it comes to time for something, money for shopping, preparedness for presentations, space between obligations and rest.
7. TIDINESS: This is a daily hassel in our home.
