The Great Universe is on Your Side" (Hideko Suzuki (text), Shiho Tanahashi (pictures)) on sale from March 18, 2025. A guidepost for life, illustrated with pictures and poems by Sister Hideko Suzuki of the Congregation of the Sacred Heart.

Eichisha Corporation (President: Masayo Uemura; Location: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo; hereinafter referred to as "Eichisha") published "The Macrocosm is Your Ally" by Hideko Suzuki (text) and Shiho Tanahashi (pictures) on March 18, 2025 (Tuesday).

The Universe is on Your Side_Shadow of the book

The birth of a famous book by a Catholic Sister!

This is a collection of the most excellent sayings and poems by Sister Hideko Suzuki, a doctor of literature and a Sister of the Sacred Heart.

A collection of the most exquisite sayings and poems by Sisters of the Sacred Heart and Doctor of Letters Hideko Suzuki, delivered along with colorful landscapes.

This book is for "reading meditation.

(Recommended way to read this book)

First, when you pick up this book, look at the pictures alone.

The recommended place to open the book is in your own quiet room, or in a coffee shop or family restaurant.

Or at a coffee shop or family restaurant.

Stop by alone and take your time,

Take your time, stop by alone, and let your mind take in what you are feeling.

Take your time, read the book over and over again, and chew on the words,

Take your time, read the words over and over again, chew on them, and let the message enter your heart.

(Excerpts from the text)

◎Happiness is

◎Happiness is having a long time to feel "I like it.

◎The past is a treasure house of wisdom.

Use that wisdom when the time comes.

Until that time comes, live in the present.

◎You can have dreams until you die.

We must realize that dream now.

◎Get through what you see with your eyes,

grasp what you can see with the eyes of your heart.

◎It is also a gift for your loved ones.

Give the essence of what is important to live a happy life to that special person in your life.

From this small seed of happiness, a chain of happiness will start.

Outline of the book

Title ：The Universe is on your side

Author ：(Text) Hideko Suzuki (Sisters of the Sacred Heart) (Illustrations) Shiho Tanahashi

Price ： 1,980 yen (1,800 yen + tax)

Release date: March 18, 2025

Format : 4.6" (all color)

Total number of pages: 88

ISBN : 978-4-434-35545-5

Publisher : Eichisha Co.

Eichisha official bibliography details page

https://eichisha.co.jp/post-504/

Author's Profile

Hideko Suzuki

D. in Humanities from the University of Tokyo. Doctor of Literature. Studied in France and Italy. Taught at the University of Hawaii and Stanford University. Professor of Modern Japanese Literature at the University of the Sacred Heart, and Honorary President of the International Communion Studies Association. She is a researcher at the Institute of Christian Culture at the University of the Sacred Heart and a member of the Society of the Sacred Heart. He is also a member of the Institute of Christian Culture at the University of the Sacred Heart and a member of the Society of the Sacred Heart. He was the first to introduce the Enneagram to Japan. She has been invited and requested to give lectures and workshops on the "meaning of life" with audiences from all over Japan and abroad, and has taught a variety of courses.