Appreciate the things you have...

I took the weekend to think a bit about my current life, compared with my life while living in Brazil.

Currently I am living here in Australia and going through many difficulties, especially when it comes to transportation and job.
Only now as I felt my life was good and plentiful while living in Brazil. Had a relatively stable life financially, I worked in a large company, I was living in a confortable flat and I had an imported car in the garage.

I also had a very comfortable life living with my parents, so that was not needed washing, ironing and cooking. It was just get home and have everything ready, warm and clean.

But now, I had a radical change in my life. At these times, learned how to be humble is important. My transportation has become bicycle, train, tram and bus. Working as a waiter with a good salary and humble have to do all household duties, besides having to track all my expenses, note for note.

I began to value more the domestic work that was done by my parents, I started to appreciate more the people who have a humble life as I have now.

I believe in life, luck never appears out of nowhere. Just the other day when I was talking to Susan (my English teacher) and she got news of a newspaper with the title: "Do you believe in miracles?".


At this point, I told her I did not believe in miracles, because my mother taught me that luck always favors who is well prepared. She fully agreed with me.

I firmly believe that this is only a stage to be overcome. The most important of all is perhaps all the learning I am getting to have a bright future. After these two years of apprenticeship in Australia, I would be very successful in Brazil or anywhere else in the world.

Thanks again for your visit! Hope you had fun reading some more about the life of a Brazilian-Japanese lost in Australia!

Below, a picture in front of Flinders Street train station.