自然は順調に秋へ、人間は自然の恵みを享受

　今朝、我が家の三階から撮った日の出直前の東の空です。自然が織りなす色彩豊かな光景に目が奪われ、一日の始まりを感じます。

　今日９月２０日は「彼岸の入り」です。「此の岸から彼の岸へ」逝ってしまった身近な人は数え切れません。人の世に付きものでも、すでに両親、兄弟３人が、また、身近だった妻は１９年前に亡くなり、人生途上で出会った親しかった友人・知人、毎日世話になった近所の人まで入れたら数え切れません。近年では、後輩が亡くなってます。

　このため、最近は私自身が生き残ってる感覚です。しかし、二度とない人生、一度きりの人生です。如何にしたら今からも「人間らしく心豊かに生活できるか」模索してます。可能な限り、怠惰な生活を慎み、「生活力」の向上、及び努力を続ける意志を持ち続けようと思います。

　是が非でも、迫り来る認知症を回避し、遅らせるには、人に頼らない独立心、日々、適度に肉体を動かし、併せて、脳を鍛えることが欠かせません。それには「記憶力」の陶冶であり、記憶したものを「実際に繰り返し使う」ことでしょう。

　暑い寒いも彼岸まで、庭の樹木の葉も落ち始めてます。いよいよ待ちに待った秋本番は、青い愛車でドライブし、豊かな自然を持つ群馬県を満喫しつつ、ついでに山岳地帯の温泉に入り、血行促進を図ります。

Dear my friends who like nature and human being

　This is the eastern sky just before sunrise taken from the third floor of my house this morning. The colorful scenery created by nature captivated my eyes and gave me a sense of the start of today.

　Today, September 20th, is the "entering of the equinox when we visit the ancestor's grave in Japan." There are countless people close to me who have passed away "from this shore to that shore." Even though it is a common thing in the human world, including my parents, my three siblings, my wife who was close to me who passed away 19 years ago, my close friends and acquaintances I met during my life, and my neighbors who took care of me every day. I can't count the number of them. In recent years, juniors have passed away.

　Because of this situation, I feel like I'm just surviving these days. However, it is a life that will never happen again, and only once opportunity. I'm still trying to grope for how I can live a fulfilling life as a human being. As much as possible, I will try to refrain from a lazy lifestyle, improve my "life skills," and maintain my will to continue making efforts.

　No matter what, in order to avoid or delay the senile dementia, it is essential to have an independent spirit that does not rely on others, such as my daughters, to exercise the body moderately every day, and to train the brain as well. This will require mastering my memory and actually using what I have memorized over and over again.

　Even though it's hot and cold until equinoxes, the leaves on the trees are starting to fall in the garden. The long-awaited autumn is finally coming soon, and while driving my beloved blue car, I will enjoy the rich nature of Gumma Prefecture, and enjoy in a hot spring in the mountainous area to improve the blood circulation.

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