Introspection - 内観

December is the busiest month of the year.  

When we are busy, it is important to face to yourself.

Last week, I went to Japan for business and had spare time to spend one day in Kyoto. I walked around Kyoto Higashiyama and Gion area and enjoyed being alone.

I am becoming 55 years old in 2014.

I thought about what I was doing. But it is more important to find out why I am doing rather than what or how I am doing.

Zen sitting gives me some good chance to introspection myself.

The year of 2013 is ending and starting 2014 soon.

I will try to face to myself to think or feel what I am.

I try to find my mission for the rest of my life. 

Sprint (Softbank) will merge T-Mobile

T-Mobile USA HQ in Bellevue, WA

If Sprint merges T-Mobile, the big three will share 100M each users in the USA. And Apple announced to provide iPhones in China for 700M users market.

I bet that Mr. Son of Softbank must be thinking beyond this merge; that is, innovation of global mobile communication services.

BTW, I happened to change my iPhone from AT&T (12 years users) to T-Mobile last month since I could not wait for Sprint but T-Mobile.  Now I can call up any landline phones overseas with no extra fee.  It is not VoIP so that the audio quality is good. And it is SIM free service which I confirmed that my T-Mobile iPhone connected with either Docomo or Softbank services in Japan this month.

The mobile business is entering into a huge change for global business.  Japan should not make the same mistake as they did by Docomo platform. There are some great services in Japan.  The question is that they can make it global business or fail again.

I can see a lot of business impacts and changes with this Softbank business challenge.
It will be a very exciting decade in mobile communication business.

Sprint (Softbank) will be a major stake holder of T-Mobile

Note:
    T-Moble is Germany company and its USA HQ is here in Bellevue, WA.
    The photo is two of three T-Mobile HQ buildings in Bellevue; Christmas lighting version tonight.

師走 ー 心の置き所

武田双雲 書

師匠も走るほど忙しい１２月。

その心を片隅に置くと

「忙」

その心が下になると

「忘」

心ここにあらずで無くなると

「亡」

すべて「ボウ」と発音しますが、ボ〜ウとしていると駄目ですね。万人すべてに平等に与えられた時間をどう過ごすか？　同じ下に心を置くなら、刃の下に置いて

「忍」

そして、心をしっかりと自分の下に置くと

「息」

ここ一番では深呼吸して自分を取り戻す。自分を取り戻して「士」に心が戻ると

「志」

その意志が行動になる。相手のことをいつも心がけてあげると

「想」

が伝わり、心をすべて「受」け止めることができたら

「愛」

になる。

心の置き所次第で、その瞬間瞬間が変わりますね。

日々是好日。

2014年を迎える前にしっかりと深呼吸、深呼吸！

（書は武田双雲さんのものを拝借したりしています。）