We let the trains go by until the right time
On your commute, you look for an auspicious time before you look for a train. Let’s look together at the moment choosing a time became waiting for permission…
Scenes
- We let the trains go by until the right time — At the transfer station on your commute, are you looking for an auspicious time before a train? The doors are opening, but your hand is still on the calendar screen.
- When the right time passes, it feels like I missed today too — You thought choosing the right time would put your mind at ease, but when it passes, even the train you just let go seems like the wrong choice. Days like this are not uncommon.
- The doors are open, but my hand is on the calendar — 8:17 a.m., on the transfer platform. Even when the train doors open, you can’t take hold of the handle until the time shown on your phone arrives.
- Date selection is not permission to leave — Date selection is not passing judgment on your whole day. Like a time you wrote down, it simply marks the moment you choose to move. If you keep checking again, you start waiting for permission.
- Choose just one first train for tomorrow — Tonight, choose just one first train to take tomorrow. Even if your heart wavers in the morning, try getting on while carrying that feeling, rather than waiting for it to disappear.
- Even if your heart is late, you can look at leaving again — Even if your heart doesn’t catch up all at once, that doesn’t mean you chose wrong. You can also take a closer look at the part of you that stops before time and departure. What time train comes to mind first for tomorrow?
Stories by Jirisan Mansin
- Jirisan Mansin
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