Your blog post resonated with me greatly.
I'm also someone born in one culture, but was bought up in another. Cultural identity has always been a connundrum for me.
I've traversed the world in search of where i belong, still to this day, i do not feel i belong anywhere. I am so different, even my relatives don't connect with me.
All i can say is this: it's alright to be different. Probably we were born onto this plane to be this way, at this time, in this way. There are those out there just like yourself - a person from many places; just by expressing this thought alone (pun intended) creates the opportunity to be the candle in the darkness for others. And today, you were the candle in the dark for me.
I've recently made a blog post detailing my thoughts on the matter. It's the one pinned to my front page called "功夫 Gung Fu - Supreme Mastery". We resonate similar sentiments, thats why i'm sharing it with you.
Take care Olya. Be well and keep preparing for whats to come ahead. Agenda 2030 is no joke and the world is in utter chaos. Stay strong!
PS - hopefully if i achieve my dream of doing the Shikoku Pilgrimage next year, maybe we could have a sake together?
Thank you for your comment. I was thinking about stopping update on Hive, but your words surprised me. "And today, you were the candle in the dark for me."
Do you live in the UK now? Card magic is definitely an art. When I was a child, I used to watch overseas magic TV shows with my family at the end of the year.
I live in Sendai, Japan, a difficult place to live without even wanting a place to belong. I live off welfare because I have chronic mental health and high blood pressure, and I'm grateful to the ward office staff.
Recently, I went to the neighboring prefecture for the first time since COVID-19 to attend the interment ceremony of my maternal uncle. When I saw the sight of the music my grandfather loved being completely ignored, I decided that I would never go back to this house unless I had something to do.
Since you have a sensibility to love art and the ability to write, I think it would be good for you to aim to be a writer or a poet. What do you think?
Agenda 2030. It's a tough time.
Olya is a nickname for the Russian female name Olga. I write English sentences using a machine translator. I'm terrible at listening and speaking. But if you speak slowly. I understand what you say some. And if I use my smartphone, I can somehow have a conversation with you. We live in a convenient age now.
I'm a light drinker. Let's toast with oolong tea.