I LIKE IT BUT I’VE NEVER TRIED IT.written by MIHO
一歩進めるきっかけをつかみたい人へ
そっと背中を押してくれる物語。
大学時代、親の反対を押し切ってロシアに留学した美峰。しかし、日本に帰ってからは、ロシア関係の仕事に就くことはなく、契約社員として働きながら、趣味でロシア語の勉強を続けていた。ある日、長期の仕事が契約期間満了となり、次の仕事を探すにあたり自分に問いかけた。
「人生の選択を、嫌いではないからという理由で決めてしまって、本当に良いの？」
それから、コーチにセッションを依頼。コーチに「ロシア語が好きなんですね」と言われ、自分の好きを実感することになり、ロシア人に日本語を教える目的でブログを開設した。毎日更新していくうちに、段々とロシア人からのコンタクトが増えていった。だが、新しい仕事場では、自分の仕事が忙しい最中でも必要以上に人に気を使う日々となってしまい、楽しみであったロシア人とのやりとりも余裕がなくなっていった。コーチとの対話を通して、なぜそのような行動をとってしまうのか？理由を探っていくことになった。そのセッションでコーチに、「自分を許していないことはない？」と訊かれ、長い間、ロシア語に関わることを自ら諦めていた理由を知る。
When Miho was a university student, she went to Russia to study Russian despite opposition from her parents, but after her graduation, she never used Russian at work. She had been working as a contract employee and had continued to study.
One day after the contract ended, and she asked herself,”Should I keep taking jobs that I didn’t have a passion for?”
Then, in her coaching session she was asked, “You like Russian, don’t you!” and she realized that she really liked it, so she started a blog for Russians learning Japanese. She constantly updated her blog and was in regular contact with many Russians asking her about Japanese. She loved it. At the same time she started a new job. she was very conscious of how people saw her and was very busy. She stated to neglect her blogging activities and the interaction with her Russian readers which she had loved so much. She had in effect given up what she loved to do again. She enjoyed so much for the sake of others. In the dialogue between her and her life coach she searched for why she had acted this way what this action meant. In the session she was told,”You need to forgive yourself.”Then, she realized why she had given up her love of Russian for so long.
