1. “Live like a womb—warm, open, and unafraid to embrace.”
   　子宮的ように生きよう
   　─すべてを、温かく、ありのまま受容してみよう。

2. “The womb doesn’t judge. It welcomes.”
   　子宮は裁かない。
   

   　─あらゆる命を、そのまま受け入れる唯一の臓器だから。

3. “Difference doesn’t divide—it can nurture.”
   　違いは、分断でなく、育みのチャンス。

4. “True strength lies in gentle acceptance.”
   　本当の強さは、やさしく受け入れることの中にある。

5. “Touch is the first language—and the womb speaks it fluently.”
   　“触れる”は最初のことば
   　─子宮との触れ合いが、私と世界の最初の出会い。

6. “To heal is to remember the womb.”
   　癒されるとは、私たちの奥深いところに刻まれている
   　子宮との触れ合いが蘇る時間。

Humans are born with an immune system
—a mechanism to distinguish between self and other, to reject what is foreign.
It’s essential for our survival in this complex world.
And yet, the womb is an organ that fundamentally does not reject the other.
Because the womb embraces rather than repels, life has been able to continue—and here we are now, alive on this Earth.
When I first learned about surrogacy, I wasn’t shocked by “How could anyone do such a thing?”
I was in awe: “So... it’s possible?”
Regardless of nationality, race, religion, or even DNA, the womb accepts fertilized eggs and nurtures them as if they were its own.
From a mere 0.1mm embryo—just one fertilized egg—
a human being of 37 trillion cells gradually comes into form.
And what do you think is the very first sense we develop in that process?
Sight? Hearing? Taste? Smell?
It is touch—the sense of skin contact.
To touch is also to be touched.
Among the five senses, touch is unique in that it always involves another.
It is the first reciprocal, relational sense we ever experience.
The womb that embraced us, that first touched us,
was gentle, warm, and comforting.
That’s why we could surrender ourselves completely.
The expression on a newborn baby’s face tells the whole story.
Every one of us begins in the womb.
That is our origin.
The sensations of “being held” and “being touched” in the womb remain embedded deep within us for life.
If being healed means to feel accepted as we are,
then perhaps healing is a return to the sensations of the womb.
Even in the face of hardship,
if we can touch—and be touched—by something or someone we trust,
we may find the strength to move forward again.
That’s why I believe it’s important to live in a womb-like way.
Even when others think or feel differently than we do,
rather than lament, deny, or ignore them—
rather than try to convince or overpower them—
we can begin, like the womb, by simply accepting them as they are.
Just as encountering different cultures helps us rediscover the comfort of home and the shape of our own identity,
true acceptance means recognizing the difference between self and other.
And in doing so, we also honor and care for ourselves.
The chromosomes of the mother and father do not blend into one—
they remain distinct, but come together to nurture new life in the womb.
To live womb-like
is to live a story born from acceptance.
It is to walk, without losing oneself,
through this era of confusion, complexity, and diversity.
That, I believe,
is the kind of being we need to aspire to now.