Rabu, 21 Agustus 2013
Kalau yang ini, kisah mengharukan Shinoda Mariko ( Ex AKB48 )..
Langsung saja yuk kita simak ceritanya.. semoga bisa jadi bahan pembelajaran.. :)
The "Selfless Kindness" My Mother Taught Me
Translated by mammothb
I'm often told that I have an easy-going personality but on the other
hand, how should I strike up a conversation with someone or what I
should do for someone, I'm really bad at these. But due to a certain
reason, I feel that I'm beginning to change that side of me.
2 years ago, Matsui Jurina, who just passed the SKE48 audition, was
chosen to be the centre of the AKB single "Oogoe Diamond". But at that
time, she was only an 11-year-old elementary school student. It was all
unexpected, she had to travel from Nagoya to Tokyo and was made to stood
in the centre of all the other members who are older and more
experienced. Though she wasn't treated badly by anyone, she was still
isolated by everyone at first. Seeing that I felt very pained for her
and I wanted to do something for her because I understand how painful
it's to have entered the group at a later time.
When I entered AKB, it was already 1 and half month after Acchan (Maeda
Atsuko), Takamina (Takahashi Minami) and the rest have made their stage
debut. Though I'm also considered a 1st gen member, honestly I was tough
for me since I entered later than the rest...... When I first entered
AKB, I felt that there's a wall between me and other 1st gen members, I
also felt that there wasn't any place I belong even in the dressing
room. I understand why everyone behaved that way. After passing the 1st
audition, they fumbled around and created the team out of nothing at
all, and finally they just managed to stand on the stage.
Then all of a
sudden, I appeared, of course they will think, "How did this girl manage
to enter AKB?" I also wondered why was I the only one who entered
later...... I felt very lonely during that time, and maybe Jurina is
experiencing the same thing as I did. But Jurina isn't me. If I were to
come across as being weird, I may be disliked even more. And
furthermore, it's not a must for Jurina to answer my questions. When I
was hesitating like that, I remembered my mother's words, "If you do
something because you expect something in return, then it's better not
to do it."
Since a long time ago, my mother has beening taking care of children and
the elderly near where I live. She really loves looking after people.
Every night, before my father sleep, my mother will give him a full body
massage to relieve his stress from his heavy workload. She is always
the first to wake up in the morning to prepare breakfast for the family.
A few days ago, she came to Tokyo from Fukuoka and made me a lot of my
favourite dishes. Looking at it carefully, she added in a lot of
vegetables too, because she's worried that I'm not taking good care of
my body since I'm living alone. My mother never ask for anything in
return.
On one hand, up until elementary school, I have the "I have done
so much for XX-chan, why doesn't she understand?" personality. One day,
my mother said me, "If you are doing something because you expect to
get something in return, then it's better if you stop. When you are kind
to someone, it's not for your own benefit but for that person's
benefit. Have the mindset that you are doing it because you really want
to."
It's as if I was given a push on my back by those words, I struck up a
conversation with Jurina, "I'm glad that you came, Jurina" It's as if I
was talking to the Me when I first joined AKB, I continued talking with
Jurina. I'm doing it purely because I wanted to talk to her.
My father often talks about my mother, "Because of your mother, we are
able to eat breakfast every morning." I also want to become as kind as
my mother*, and I want to be able honestly express my appreciation with
words just like my father. I am very blessed to have such parents.
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