This summer I had the opportunity to travel to Hokkaido for the first time in a dozen years. The sun was setting just as we arrived at Kussharo Lake, creating a very systerious and beautiful atmosphere. One of the people on our group started swimming,as though drawn into the lake. Everyone seemingly took that as a signal to join in. Ever since damaging my kidneys, I had been afraid to chill myself and hadn't gone swimming. But I plunged in fully clothed since I no longer harbored my earlier fears about excreting albumin in my urine simply by being chilled by the slightest drizzle. My kineys had recovered! I was able to continue the trip with no problem whatsoever.

Today I feel my encounter with urine therapy was a once-in-a-lifetime meeting. In the past I cursed my fate. But I now realize God gives us all an equal chance. It's up to the individual whether or not he or she will take up that opportunity. My spirits sink when I think what would have happened to me if hadn't learned of urine therapy. Now I give thanks each day for this "resurrection" and the joy of life. I anxiously look forward to the day when each drop of urine that I consume will turn into a river that reaches to the far corners of my body and provides me with true health.