五分咲きの花梅を見て、人も希望が湧いて来る

　いよいよ冬から春への節分となり、今宵は豆まきです。年令の数だけ豆を食べたいところですが、私など、そんなに食べたら胃がどうかしてしまいます。

　ご覧のように、赤い梅【品種名・鹿児島】と、大きな白梅枝垂れが開花し、庭は次第に梅林の様相を呈してきて、何となく希望を持たせてくれます。白梅の方は毎年実がたくさん生り、文字通り、梅雨の頃に収穫できます。この他、ピンクや紅白に咲き分ける「思いのまま」も蕾が膨らんできました。

　ところで、このように季節が変わると人は年々年を重ねます。生まれて１年未満の赤ちゃんは生後８ヶ月などと月数で数えますが、その後は年数で数えます。もし、大人になっても自分の年を月数で数えたらどうなるでしょう。１２を掛ければ簡単に答えが出ますが、あまりこの数字を意識したことはないですね。

　例えば、４０才なら生後４８０ヶ月、５０才では６００ヶ月、還暦では７２０ヶ月になり、数字の多さがちょっと嫌になります。しかし、現実には平素忘れがちですが、実母が頑張って自分を生んでくれて以来の月数が実感できます。私などとんでもない数になります。

　更に、月数でなく日数で計算したら、よりとんでもない数字になります。５０才で１８２５０日、還暦で２１９００日。因みに３００００日目は８２才です。１００才の人は閏年を２４回含めると生後３６５２４日です。今や、人生１００年時代ですから、健康第一で生活すればその日も来るでしょう。「途中でいろいろあっても」くよくよせず、「常に希望と好きなことに向かって前進」です。一度きりの人生を伸び伸び生きたいものです。

Dear my overseas friends

　The simultaneous interpretation for your understanding will be after my breakfast in Japan time.

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　It's finally Setsubun which divides from winter to spring, and tonight bean-throwing ceremony will be held at each family in Japan. We have a rule to eat as many beans as our age, but if I were to eat that many beans, my stomach would be upset.

　As you can see, the red plums [variety name: Kagoshima] and the large weeping white plums are blooming, and the garden is gradually becoming the appearance of Kakky's plum grove, which somehow gives us hope. White plums produce a lot of fruit every year and can be harvested during the rainy season in June. In addition, the buds of bicolor "Omoinomama" which blooms in pink and white, are starting to swell.

　By the way, when the season changes like this, people age year by year. Babies less than a year old are counted in months, such as 8 months old, but after that we count in years. What would happen if we counted our years in months even after we became adults? You can easily get the answer by multiplying by 12, but we've never really thought about this number.

　For example, if you are 40 years old, it will be 480 months, if you are 50 years old, it will be 600 months, and if 60 years old, it will be 720 months. However, in reality, although I tend to forget, I now realize how many months have passed since my mother worked so hard when she bore me. In case of me, there is a ridiculous number.

　Furthermore, if we calculate it in days instead of months, the numbers will be even more outrageous. 18,250 days at age 50 and 21,900 days at 60. By the way, 30,000 days is 82 years old. A person who is a centenarian is 36,524 days old, including 24 leap years. Nowadays, people can live for 100 years, so if you live your life with health as your top priority, that day will come. "No matter what happens along the way," don't worry about it and "Always move forward toward what you hope for and what you like." We only have one life, so we should live it to the fullest.

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