When I was 8 years old, I went to a sea coast to swim. I swam to where I was far from the shore and couldn’t see the shore all around from my position. I was scared deeply. I was lonely in the vast ocean! I watched searching for the shore cruelly. But there was nothing. Only dark blue waves were around me as far as my eyes could reach. I despaired. Then My eyes cached something like a vibrating white longthine line. I believed it might be the shore and swam desperately. But a long distance.
Suddenly, I felt something at my feet underwater. I watched there through my swimming goggles. A big fish was wriggling slowly. I swam more definitely to the white line, which I believed was the shore.
At last, I could come back to this land, fortunately.
I get 3 instructions from my extreme experience in the summer sea.
1. Something great is existing. It helps us all always.
2. Never give up. The brain/body supports us as far as we try.
3. Believe in your inner capacity and the outer power of Nature.
Enjoy the last summer sea not leaving far from this your land!
Thank you.
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台風の合間を狙って、夏の海に出かけました。
連日の猛暑で湿気を大量に溜め込んだ暑い空気が流れ込み、
夜明けの海には、靄が一面に拡がっていました。
浜辺は、まるで蒸し風呂に入っているような暑さで、
思わず目の前の海に浸かって、ひと泳ぎしたくなってしまいました。
歳を重ねると、海がだんだん”遠く”なってしまいます。
最後に海と戯れ、泳いだのはいつのことだったでしょう。
今月お届けするのは「夏の海」です。
炎天下、外に出かけるのが危険になってしまった夏の日々、
碧い海や入道雲が揺り起こす遠い記憶を手がかりに、
人生を振り返る「心の旅」に出かけていただければ幸いです。
I remember a spiritual journey in the summer sea.
When I was 8 years old, I went to a sea coast to swim. I swam to where I was far from the shore and couldn’t see the shore all around from my position. I was scared deeply. I was lonely in the vast ocean! I watched searching for the shore cruelly. But there was nothing. Only dark blue waves were around me as far as my eyes could reach. I despaired. Then My eyes cached something like a vibrating white longthine line. I believed it might be the shore and swam desperately. But a long distance.
Suddenly, I felt something at my feet underwater. I watched there through my swimming goggles. A big fish was wriggling slowly. I swam more definitely to the white line, which I believed was the shore.
At last, I could come back to this land, fortunately.
I get 3 instructions from my extreme experience in the summer sea.
1. Something great is existing. It helps us all always.
2. Never give up. The brain/body supports us as far as we try.
3. Believe in your inner capacity and the outer power of Nature.
Enjoy the last summer sea not leaving far from this your land!
Thank you.
Akira