Can we change the world?
Living With Purpose
This lifetime will never come again; it is precious and irreplaceable. To live without regret, it is crucial for us to have a concrete purpose and continually set goals and challenges for ourselves. It is equally important that we keep moving toward specific targets steadily and tenaciously, one step at a time.
SGI President Ikeda.
As a young girl of 22 years old, deciding to step into the fashion industry was my first big step into the realm of adulthood.
For me, this is the first time in my life I am living away from my family and faced with the task of truly taking responsibility for my life.
While many times we may question our own judgement when dealing with problems, this is the time when we can cultivate the stronger core of character.
Like many of my colleagues, when we first started taking photos, some of them were ill prepared to take full responsibility for their actions. Because when the photographer had taken pictures they skip checking on the photographs if it’s a very perfect image.
Rather I go to the photographer and would check with him which of the images was a perfect model image.
Because I take responsibility for my perfect model image poses, I earned my first contact for Instagram poses.
From this experience, I was awakened to the fact that I have to take ownership of my own life. If I want to succeed in the fashion industry and in life, then I need to take actions that will help create success.
I have come to realise that what is gained from my modelling experience depends completely upon the earnestness by which I approach life.
Buddhism Manifest Itself in Society:
Tsasi: The principle that Buddhism manifests itself in, or equals, society is not passive. What enables us to fully impact life and society is our strong determination and action.
Referring to this principle, your experience you shared with us mirrored the principle of all phenomena that are the manifestations of Buddhism.
When our daily lives are solid and secure, our faith is solid and secure.
You reveal yourself in your workplace, to fulfil your mission by having good photo images. Taking responsibility in harmony with the photographer.
Assumpta: I will not temper with anything that is ignorance, whoever nurses ignorance serves stupidity, foolishness, and greed.
Tsasi: It can be said that modern man knows little about his own mind. On the one hand people recognize good and evil, racism and prejudice, yet on the other they continue to be racist here on the earth.
Contrary to my expectations, the new report on the death of police brutality over Tyre Nichols death, a 29-year-old Black motorist, was pulled over Jan. 7th 2023 for what police said was reckless driving.
After attempting to flee on foot, Nichols was aggressively beaten by police, newly released police video shows. Three days later, he died in the hospital. The episode was one indication of how the United States of America as a country has been unable to totally penetrate its own nature and free its darker racist nature.
Assumpta: The frightened inhabitants of America who always cry and call their parents who were also killed by police brutality are enduring unbearable hardships, naturally plunged into deep despair.
Tsasi: Years have passed since the idea occurred to me that I should start writing to any American president to start taking care of the Americans and start protecting the truth rather than being fictional.
Assumpta: I also feel the same concern about the reception of any American president to answer with frankness though not with fictional character, but to take full responsibility for the Americans.
In any case, a great revolution of character in just a single man will help achieve a change in the destiny of all mankind. This is the main theme of my experience.
{ Thank you Tsasi }
