I visited a temple last weekend with my partner because she wanted to buy a omamori charm for her friend.

The temple was so huge that it even had a spacious rest area inside, so we decided to take a rest and relax there.

There was exceptionally calm. The building was old, but we could tell it was well-maintained. Everywhere was so clean that it seemed impossible to find even a speck of dust. I even felt like the air itself was cleaner.

We felt as if our minds were being cleared. It was an interesting experience for us. After that, I started thinking about our own place and tried to clean more than usual.

If I keep this up every day, will our place also become a more calming space like the temple one day?

Notes

• charm ：良いものを呼び込むようなお守り。 amulet は、悪いものを遠ざける・魔除け。
• so… that ：とても～なので。
• spacious ：（家、部屋、空間が）広い。 large が客観的事実を指すのに対し、 spacious はポジティブさを強調する。 wide は、幅が広いことを指す。
• area ：区切られた場所や範囲。 space は、空いている状態がニュアンスに含まれることがある。空間。
• exceptionally ：非常に。ずば抜けて。
• well-maintained ：メンテナンスが行き届いている。
• speck ：小さな点。しみ。PC用語の speck （スペック）は、 specification の省略形。
• keep this up ：今の習慣を続ける。
• every day ：毎日。 everyday は、日常の。日々の。