This day
in 1985
I was born in
Tokyo, Japan.
I had a huge belly button
and I was so embarrassed
as a child.
I never liked showing
my stomach
because of that.
Now,
my belly button
no longer looks
like a button.
25 years
can change a lot of things
but there are
also so many things
that don't change
no matter how many years pass.
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A few years ago
on my birthday,
I started to think
that
a birthday is a day
I ought to say
thank you
to parents
to my sisters
to my relatives
and friends and
everybody
who touched my life.
So,
thank you so much.
If it wasn't
for all of you,
I wouldn't have been here.
I adore every bits
of my life.
Even the ones
that were a little bit
painful back then.
I have been thinking
about the word
'respect.'
That is my big goal
of this year and forever.
To live
a life that I can respect.
To meet
many people,
to see
many things
that inspire me
to go up up higher.