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10.18.2009

Why is it that people have to be jealous of someone, I wonder.
Why is it that they don't notice the remarkable things about themseleves?
Maybe it's because it's stuck to our back - the good thing.
Supposing that the remarkable part of a person was like the Umeboshi plum on an Onigiri, that Umeboshi could be stuck to the person's back.
Throughout the world, there would be various shapes, various colors and flavors of Umeboshi stuck to everyone's back.
However, since they are stuck on their backs, maybe they might not be able to see their precious Umeboshi.
They'd think "I'm nothing at all, just white rice", even though it isn't true...even though surely enough, they'd have an Umeboshi stuck to their back.
If someone is jealous of somebody else, that's probably just because they can see the Umeboshi in the middle of their back.


