As we all know, every year brings both good and bad. The good is otoshidama and the bad is having to clean the house properly before the mother-in-law comes over. Actually, rather than New Year celebrations, I prefer the Japanese year-end concept of the bonenkai party: “Forget all the bad things that happened in the last 12 months!” Now that is practical thinking. So, in the New Year we should simply reverse the bonenkai philosophy and apply it proactively to the next 12 months instead: “I’m going to forget all the bad things that happen to me this year and only remember the good things!”
But forgetting is a fickle friend. Some things are easy to forget (how many kilograms I weighed this morning, and the mother-in-law’s birthday are good examples) while others are trickier to put out of your mind (the time I should have helped someone but I didn’t, or when I failed that all-important exam). But the most difficult thing to forget (and to forgive) is when someone wrongs us in some way. Even if the offence is slight, we remember it forever. Perhaps that’s where the bonenkai concept works best: as a way of forgiving – or at the very least forgetting – such incidents and putting them in the past, where they belong. (Very easy to say, but much more difficult to do.)
I have also read that “gratitude” is the shortest-lived emotion (2 minutes?). When someone does something good for us (in contrast to when they wrong us) we quickly forget their kindness. So perhaps we should start the New Year with two resolutions:
1. Forget all the bad things that happen this year as quickly as possible (drinking sake helps a lot with this  ).
And
2. Make a lot more effort to remember the good things that come our way (drinking sake helps a lot with this! Er…well, perhaps not).
So, with my resolutions decided, it just remains for me to wish all of you:
A Happy New Year!
Well, maybe…
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ばかりしてていいものか？と（笑） 一応ここは
進んでいくこともあるのです。
」みたいな（笑） それに対してうまくフォロー？できればいいのですが、
出身、
、とか、
に）語ってる私ですが、家ではと言うと、専ら
も毎月減っている
のが現状ですけど（テヘっ
）
。
。
だけは例外（笑）これがないと生きていけません！）
から始めるべきかなーと考えてはいますが…。
。
L４で最初のクラスを受けた時、
ピッチが早い
。もちろん日本人スタッフもそれに負けてません
贈呈
