What You Are Looking for is in the Library

by Michiko Aoyama

“In a world where you don’t know what will happen next, I just do what I can right now.”

“Everybody is connected. And any one of their connections could be the start of a network that branches in many directions. If you wait for the right time to make connections, it might never happen, but if you show your face around, talk to people and see enough to give you the confidence that things could work out, then ‘one day’ might turn into ‘tomorrow.’”

There are so many things to do, but I won’t make the excuse that I have no time anymore. Instead, I will think about what I can do with the time I have.

One day is going to become tomorrow.

We all come to understand at some point in our lives that there is no Santa Claus. But the reason Santa Claus remains an integral part of Christmas celebrations is not for the sake of small children. It is because grown-ups who were once children themselves continue to hold the truth of Santa Claus in their hearts even after they become adults, and they live in that belief.

The Santa Claus that parents teach is not a lie, but part of a larger truth. Likewise, do the eyes of the sun and moon in our hearts cooperate, without denying each other’s existence, in formulating our perceptions of the world.