Sakura Moments

In Japan cheery blossom festivals and viewing parties all over. Many people take time to sit outside and bask in the beauty of it all. But it does not last long. 

 

There is such a fixation to enjoy the scenery because it only lasts about 2 weeks, from the blessing to the falling of the petals, and then it’s gone. So for two weeks every meeting with friends underneath the trees is an understood Ichigo Ichie, once in a lifetime gathering. 

 

The scenery may change by the next day, the rain could keep you away, or a strong wing can blow away the petals from the trees, each moment seems to be giving an opportunity to sit down and enjoy, because tomorrow it may be gone, at least for a year. 

 

“A person can do nothing better than to eat and drink and find satisfaction in their own toil. This too, I see, is from the hand of God, for without him, who can eat or find enjoyment?”

Ecclesiastes 2:24-25 NIV