自立をめざし、近隣との交流を大切に

　早朝には激しい雨が降ってました。カレンダーにも今日が入梅と記されてます。私の庭にはコンクリートがないので、この雨水はすべて地中に浸み込んで井戸水を増やします。これから本格的な梅雨となり、おそらく来年の１月いっぱいまで井戸水が涸れることはないでしょう。井戸水は一年を通して植物たちに与えたり、風呂水として使用します。

　雨のお陰で、現在、植物は繁茂し、庭は森と化してます。その中で「長崎クイーン」と命名されてる枇杷はあと４～５日で食べ頃です。昨年は枇杷酒を作りましたが、お酒に弱い私【？】は、その枇杷酒を未だ飲み切ってません。友人が夕食パーティーに見えたら差し出します。このため、今年、収穫する枇杷は頑張って毎日食べましょう。

　ところで、話は変わりますが、樹木の中で暮らす私が「いつまでも健康を保つため必要なこと」を考えてます。それは1、食べ過ぎないこと、2、夜遊びしないことです。難題ですが、本当に私が健康を願うなら節制が肝心です。この二つが実践できれば、疲労を防ぎ、睡眠時間も確保できます。自立には、自分の行動を自ら厳しく抑制です。寂しい一人暮らしでも「自立できる幸せ」を噛み締めたいです。

　来月、誕生日を迎えます。しかし、今まで通り、社会とのつながりを大切にし、家に閉じ籠らず、周囲の人たちと会話を通じて明るく交流し、特に、未来輝く子供たちの安全に協力し、一方、近隣で困っている高齢者のために、私ができることで役立ちたいです。

Dear my friends who are crazy about plants and great music.

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

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　Since this early morning, it was raining heavily. The calendar indicates today is the beginning of the rainy season in Japan. There is no concrete in my garden, so all this rainwater seeps into the ground and increases the well water. The rainy season is about to begin, so that the well water probably won't dry up until the end of next January. I give the well water to the plants throughout the year and use it as bath water.

　Thanks to the rain, the plants are now thriving and the garden has turned into the forest that I envision. Among them, the loquat tree named "Nagasaki Queen" will be ripe to eat in 4 to 5 days. Last year, I made loquat wine, but I have a low tolerance for alcohol [? ] and I haven't finished it yet. I'll offer it to my friends when they come to a dinner party at my home. For this reason, I'll try to eat the loquats everyday this year.

　By the way, changing the subject, I'm thinking about "what I need to do to stay healthy forever" as I live among trees. These are 1. not eating (and drinking) too much, and 2. not going out at night. It's difficult, but moderation is essential if I really want to be healthy. Moderation in all things. If I can practice these two things, I can prevent fatigue and get enough sleep. In order to be independent, I need the mental strength to strictly control my own behavior. Even if I live alone and it's lonely, I want to feel the "happiness of being independent."

　Next month is my birthday. However, as always, I will continue to value my connections with society, not shut myself up at home, and interact cheerfully with the people around me through conversation, especially contributing to the safety of children who have a bright future, while also doing whatever I can to help elderly people in my neighborhood who are in trouble in daily life.