We Japanese are superstitious people.
Regardless of our everyday high tech life, many of us still follow our traditional ways and beliefs, which I guess is one of the reasons why many people are still drawn to my country of birth.
One of the superstitions that we have is that it is good luck when a tea stem stands up in your green tea.
Deep down, we know that it is not scientifically sound to assume that a piece of stem would affect our future, but many do get overly excited whenever this phenomenon occurs to us.
If you live in Japan long enough, you will eventually hear the following phrase:
見てみて！茶柱が立ってる！（みてみて！ちゃばしらがたってる！）
“Look, look! A tea stem is standing up! (literally means “a pillar of tea is standing up”)
With this in mind, I just witnessed a miracle.
I like to burn incense when I work to get into the zone, and, lo and behold, the following sight interrupted my work!
I screamed with joy.
うおっ！線香立ってる！（せんこうたってる！）
OMG, incense is standing up!
This, my wise readers, is a phrase that you will probably never hear or use for the rest of your life.
This is not a well-timed picture. It kept standing up like this for good few minutes!
A miraculous day is waiting for me and hopefully for you, too!
English Rakugo NZ 
That’s a beautiful tradition and superstition and I hope you had a very lucky day 🤗😽💚
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Thank you so much for your comment!!! I had a very lucky day with a sort of… enlightenment!!! 😁 I now know what I want to do with my life once this pandemic quiets down a little more!!! Kia pai te rā!!!
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Aww that’s awesome! Yes these quiet and reflective times can lead to get revelations for sure. I had the same thing happen to me about a career change. Yay for quiet enlightening moments!
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I love to burn candles and listen to peaceful music while working I find this really helps with creativity 💚😻
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Aww, our creative rituals sound similar! Along with burning incense, I also listen to “Intense Studying” playlist on Spotify, which is basically a list of peaceful music 😊 I also drink really strong espresso… seems like my creativity is closely linked to the sense of smell!
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I will look up that Playlist on Spotify that sound like my cup of tea and great background music for working 🙂
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