“Each moment, only once.”

Each Moment, Only Once in Japanese is ichigo ichie and is written in kanji as

Ichigo ichie is composed of the words ichigo meaning “once in a lifetime” and the kanji ichi meaning “One” and e meaning “Meeting”. Literally “One Lifetime, One Meeting”.

ichigo ichie reminds us that each moment, each meeting will happen only once. This is a popular calligraphy work for display in the Japanese Tea ceremony and it reminds the guests of the importance of this opportunity as it will never come again. In this way, Ichigo ichie reminds us to value each and every moment.

Thanks to Jimi Tatu for passing this on…

“It is always dark on a new moon.”

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