創造性と心の平安を期して生活したい

　お陰様で今日、誕生日を迎えました。周囲に同級生が殆どいなくなってる現状でも、健康で今日の日を迎えられ、本当に有難く感じます。今後も自ら健康法を考え、その実践を続けます。特に、バランスのとれた食事と歯磨き、毎日、筋トレを含めた適度な運動、そして、ピアノなど音楽を通じて心の平安を実践します。皆さん、これからもブログを通じて交流をお願い致します。

　子供の頃の誕生日は８人家族で祝ってもらったり、社会人となった若き日のインド滞在中は周囲の人とカルカッタの街中に飲みに行ったりしました。しかし、時代は推移し、生活環境は変化、すでに２０年間も一人暮らしです。気持ちは青年のつもりでも、いつの間にか高齢と呼ばれる年齢です。でも、これは万人に共通することです。要は、人間に大切な創造性を忘れず、年齢を気にしない未来志向を求めたいです。

　ところで、偶然にも今日の誕生日に「愛車ＴＴが車検」です。今回の主な交換部品はバッテリー、及びタイヤ【245-35-19】です。その他の交換はサービスに任せます。私はこの扁平率が気に入ってます。３５％の扁平率は運転中、車全体が路面にぴったり吸い付いてる感覚で、カーブで遠心力が働いても安定走行します。

　次に、運転で心掛けてることは次の通りです。運転するときは、先ず運転用の靴に履き替えます。常に時間にゆとりを持って家を出発します。早朝や夜間及び子供たちの通学時間帯には運転しません。信号機のない横断歩道では「歩行者優先」を厳守。長時間の連続運転をしない。

　最も厳守すべきは車間距離です。気づき難いことですが、前の車が１０m先にある場合と比較し、５m先に近づいた場合は、前の車の大きさが２倍でなく、４倍に大きくなり、前方の景色が著しく狭まり見難くなります。これは「前方の車の大きさは距離の二乗に反比例」するからです。例えば、１５m先にあった車が５m前に近づくと、その車の大きさは３倍ではなく、９倍になります。

Dear my friends who are crazy about driving your beloved car and great music.

　The simultaneous interpretation into English for our mutual understanding will be done after my lunch in Japan time.

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　Thanks to you, today is my birthday. Even though there are almost no classmates of Kuragano Junior High school around me, I am truly grateful to be able to celebrate this day in good health. I will continue to think of ways to stay healthy and practice them. In particular, I will practice peace of mind through a balanced diet, brushing my teeth three times a day, moderate exercise including muscle training every day, and music performance such as piano and listening to. Please continue to interact with me through Facebook.

　When I was a child, my birthday was celebrated by a family of eight, and when I was in India as a first occupation in young days, I went drinking with people around me in the city of Calcutta. However, times have changed, my living environment has changed, and I have been living alone for 20 years which I could not predict. Even though I feel like a young person in heart, I have reached an age that can be called old. However, this is something that everyone has in common. In short, I want to aim for the future without forgetting the creativity that is indispensable to humans, more over without worrying about my age.

　Not change the subject, but it just so happens that today is my birthday and my beloved Audi TT Quattro is due for inspection. The main parts replaced this time are the battery and 4 tires [245-35-19]. I will leave the other replacements to the service. I like this aspect ratio of tires. With the aspect ratio of 35%, the whole car feels like it is sticking to the road surface while driving, and it runs stably even when centrifugal force is applied on curves.

　Next, here are some things I keep in mind when driving. When driving, I first change into driving shoes. I always leave home with plenty of time. I do not drive early in the morning, at night, and when children are going to and from school. I strictly obey "Pedestrian priority" at crosswalks without traffic lights. I do not drive continuously for long period of time.

　The most important thing to observe is the distance between previous cars. It is hard to notice, but when the car in front is 10 meters away, the size of the car in front is not doubled, but four times larger when it approaches 5 meters, and the view ahead becomes significantly narrower and harder to see. This is because "the size of the car in front is inversely proportional to the square of the distance." For example, if a car that was 15 meters away moves 5 meters closer, it will become 9 times larger, not 3 times larger.