Final Chapter II
“Thank you very much, Takenaka. Even though it was just for a brief period of time, I am genuinely grateful I had the opportunity to work with you and the other individuals at that convenience store.”
I felt like my life had undergone a significant transformation. In both favorable and unfavorable ways.
“Though I have unpleasant memories and became handicapped.”
But everyone saved me, so here I was, living in this manner. Plus, I have never been so moved in my life.
Having lived for 25 years without much thought, I finally became conscious of something that I should have realized in those 25 years.
At that time of realization… I was overcome with a sense of frustration or joy… a feeling I didn’t really understand… and I couldn’t stop crying but…
I was glad to have realized it, and now I could genuinely feel it.
That I was cherished by those around me more than I believed I was.
And I, who thought I was merely existing, was a weak creature who could not survive without the support of those around me.