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I become acutely aware of inadequate pedestrian road in Indonesia. Not so many people walk on the street because it’s hot all through the year. What do they use to go anywhere? They have unique and various vehicles. This photo is a tricycle called “Becha”. The one which has “Becha” on a bike is “Becha machine”. A tricycle scooter is “Bajai”. (It’s an auto rickisha in India.) Also, they have a bike taxi, a mini bus, a taxi, and a horse-drawn carriage. (Wild camels and wild donkeys are added in India.)

Economic power in Indonesia is low among countries in South East Asia but rich people use an imported luxury car with a driver and poor people use “Becha” or a horse-drawn carriage. They can choose their transportation which suits their lifestyle.

It is generally said all-Japanese-are-middle- class mentality. We are careful not to be different from others and don’t like being unique. This is one of the causes which is difficult for low-income earners or vulnerable groups to live in Japan. Is there a reason to do as everyone else does? What’s wrong with being you and me whatever the other people are?

God created all the people in this world as an original existence. It’s O.K. to be various lifestyle, belongings, vehicles, and so on. It is changed from lifestyle going along with the crowd or comparing with others to lifestyle living by God’s children and our own value. This is the adequate lifestyle for the one who has faith and walks in the Spirit.

Galatians 3:26