「面白くてたまらない喜び」を追究し実践したい。

　子供のとき、誕生日が来ると嬉しかったものですが、その後、成人し、やがて中年になり、いつしか高齢期に差し掛かり、人生の経過は案外早いものです。そして今まで経験しなかった大台の年齢に達してきます。このため、誕生日が来ると、内心、必ずしも嬉しいものとは限らないかもしれません。でも、誕生日が迎えられることは本当に素晴らしいことです。

　私は生まれ故郷・倉賀野町に今でも住んでいます。しかし、街中を歩いても同級生や先輩に殆ど会わなくなり、それにもまして、人生途上で出会い、本当に仲良くしてくれた友人３人もすでに天に召され、その上、一人暮らしは家での話し相手はいません。

　しかし、人生１００年時代を生きるには、この現象は万人にいつしか起こり得ることで、この環境を精神的に克服してこそ、「人生で本当に大切なことは何か」、「自分の本当の喜びは何か」を改めて真剣に考えるようになってます。

　前者は低栄養を防ぐと共に適度な運動、経済研究、社会とのつながりでしょう。後者は時間を忘れるほど夢中になれ、生き甲斐に通じる「面白くてたまらない趣味や研究」ではないでしょうか。

　とは言うものの、人間として生まれたからには、人との雑談ほど楽しいことはなく、最近はラジオ体操会場に行っても、集まった人たちとの四方山話は楽しいものです。人は年齢と共に知り合いが変わっていくと感じてます。

Dear my friends abroad

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

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　When we were children, we were happy when our birthdays came, but then we grow up, and then we reach middle age, we are approaching old age, therefore our life passes by surprisingly quickly. And we will reach new age that we have never experienced before. For this reason, when our birthday arrives, we may not necessarily be happy in mind. But it's really wonderful to have a birthday.

　I still live in my hometown of Kuragano-town. However, even when I walk around the town, I rarely meet my classmates or seniors. To make matters worse, three of really my good friends who I met during my life, have already passed away, at the same time, I live alone and have no one to talk to at home.

　However, in order to live in the era of 100-year lifespans, this phenomenon will tend to happen to everyone in the remote future, so that it is necessary to mentally overcome this environment and to ask myself, "What is really important in life?" and "What is the real Joy for myself?.'' I'm starting to think it seriously again.

　The former will prevent malnutrition, and we put a moderate exercise, economic research, and connections with society. And the latter will be our engrossing hobby or research that we forget the time.

　Having said that, since I was born as a human, there is nothing more fun than chatting with people. When I go to radio gymnastics venues at 6:30 every morning, I enjoy talking with the people gathered there. I feel that people's acquaintance changes as we get older.

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