１ミクロンの希望

あの時、こういう時が来ると想像できただろうか。

生きるのは難しい。

でも、死ぬのはもっと難しい。

僕が今ここにいるのは、きっと、あの時、あの広大な心の闇の中に、１ミクロンの希望の光が灯っていたからだ。

あまりに小さすぎて、あの時は気付かなかったけど。

いや、気付いていたのかもしれない。

よく分からないけど、今考えれば、きっとそうだ。

あのほとんど見えなかった光が、今は目の前いっぱいに広がっているんだね。

生きるのは難しい。

でも、死ぬのはもっと難しい。

だったら生きるしかないじゃん。

１ミクロンの希望を持って。

ESPRESSO In Holiday Morning

What a happy moment for me to have an Espresso Coffee in a holiday morning!

I feel recently that I became to be able to find small happiness around me. I realized there are so many small happiness in the world, even in a place being very close to me. This drinking Espresso is also one of my small happiness.

A photo above is of a demitasse cup set I bought few days ago. Very cute, isn't it? This demitasse cup set also belongs to my happiness.

I strongly want to say that there is a lot of happiness around us, not only big ones but also many smaller ones. No way? Not at all? If you think so, please try to find some good things for you. Anything is OK, such as you can eat sushi, you can drink alcohol everyday, you can have a bicycle, you can smell good odor of flowers, you can have an umbrella when rainy, you can eat dinner every night, etc. If you can find even just one thing which makes you feel better, and if you can think it is not a commonplace but a special thing as a small happiness, your happiness will be bigger and bigger.

We are living our lives. Why not we wish to have big happiness in our lives? I believe finding or noticing small happiness leads us to bigger happiness.

By the way, I poured lemon tea and Japanese green tea into the demitasse cups. I am not sure but I was able to feel these teas were more tasty than being drunk with standard tea cups. The demitasse cups also looked like they are very happy.

外国人から見た日本語はどう見えるのか？

時々考える。外国人から見たら日本語はどう見えるのか？

鏡に映った日本語を見た時に思った。あー、こういう風に見えるのではないだろうか、と。

そう、恐らくこういう風に見えるのだ。

わけのわからない記号の羅列

w(゜ o゜ )w

外国人が日本語を読み書きできるようになるのって凄いことなんだって思った。

Watching "VISUAL POETRY" a Poetry Reading / Theater Play

I watched a poetry reading "Visual Poetry" produced, written and directed by Yu Shibuya on April 11th. I had been looking forward to watching it. Because I think Yu Shibuya is one of talented people I have ever met in my life and I like his works very much. His previous theater play, "Three sisters of Kunitomi family", I'm not sure exactly an English title of it, made me moved and cried. That play was really impressed and wonderful. So I had expected the "Visual Poetry" should also be nice. Then, I found when I watched it that my expectation had not betrayed myself. I was surprised such a kind of poetry reading was existing. I had known from twitter or facebook that Yu Shibuya had been saying the Visual Poetry is kinda new style of the poetry reading. Exactly it was not only a poetry reading but also a theater play, namely, they were merged into one fantastic art work. I understood the "Visual Poetry" was as it was, means it was truly the VISUAL poetry. In other words, the world in the poetry were able to be seen visually by actors' acting, not only by reading poetry.

Furthermore, what I thought how amazing was, and I believe everyone thought the same was, a way of usage of music stand. Wow.. How amazing it was. The music stands were used as many items such as table, training machine, scoop, etc. I was really impressed it. There were not any other items except for the music stands on the stage, but actors played as if they were using each items, with reality, changed from the music stands.

The "Visual Poetry" consisted of 8 poems. There were laughing, sadness, excitement, joy, moving, happiness, tragedy, etc. But what I felt by watching all through the poems was kinda gentleness and sensitiveness which I felt covering whole the stories. Thinking of it, Yu Shibuya must be such a person, I believe, with gentleness and good sensitiveness. And it may be the reason I like him and his works.

I was able to watch the wonderful work, which I had never seen before. It was nice experience for me. I really appreciate Yu Shibuya who invited me to watch his latest work, the Visual Poetry.

Thank you. 

Watching "Hotel Miracle" a theater play

On April 11th, I watched a theater play "Hotel Miracle" held at Theater Miracle in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Why I watched it was one of my classmates was playing in one of stories of the theater which consisted of 5 stories. Each story occurs respectively but in a same hotel which we Japanese say it as Love Hotel that is for couples to make love. Every story was fun and interesting for me. For example, one of the stories had a couple who did not know each other. And another one had a murder in a room. Etc, etc. My classmate, she is taking a same class at tori studio where we are learning the acting, was playing in the last story whose title was "Super Animal", as a high school student who is making love with a man for getting money.

We are learning at tori studio that the acting is to act truly (not to play) in given stories. We need to believe the world in which we are acting. To act with believing makes people impressed and moved. In the theater, I felt she was doing so. I felt she was acting much better than any other actors/actresses there. Am I praising her too much? Hahaha, I am not sure though, but I strongly felt during watching her actions and behaviors in the theater that we are learning proper things at proper place.

Ahh.

I've just realized why I praised her so much. Because I was able to see her in JK style, well.. JK means "Joshi Koukousei" in Japanese which is high school student girls in English. I saw her wearing uniform of JK, and also I was able to see her in Chinese dress. Who can say Chinese dress is not sexy? Well, exactly.. yeah, it was the late show started at 25 pm (1 am). And honestly speaking, I was a little bit exited because of the atmosphere of the midnight. Anyway, I believe she is a good actress. Thanks for being able to see good theater play and..

90歳の方が書いた幸せになる人生レッスン45 [45 Life Lessons written by 90-year-old lady]

はいはーい、みなさんお元気？

円もガソリンもどんどん安くなっていますが、人間としての価値は安くしたくない塩沼 哲ですよ。


さて今日は、90歳の女性 Regina Brett さんが書いた 「45 Life Lessons」 というものを紹介したいと思います。

90年という人生の中から出てきた言葉です。

それだけでも重みがあるではないですか。

きっとこの45の言葉たちは読んでいるあなたに幸せをもたらしてくれることでしょう。


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45 Life Lessons (by Ms. Regina Brett)

1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.

人生は公平ではないけれど、依然として良いものです。

2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.

疑いがある場合、次に取るステップは小さくしておきなさい。

3. Life is too short not to enjoy it.

人生は楽しまないためには短すぎます。

4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and family will.

あなたが病気の時、あなたの仕事はあなたの面倒を見てくれません。それをしてくれるのは、あなたの友人と家族です。

5. Don't buy stuff you don't need.

必要のないものを買わないように。

6. You don't have to win every argument. Stay true to yourself.

全ての議論に勝つ必要はありません。あなた自身に真実でいることです。

7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.

誰かと一緒に泣きなさい。ひとりで泣くよりも癒されます。

8. It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.

神に怒っても大丈夫。彼は受け入れてくれます。

9. Save for things that matter.

問題になることのために貯蓄をしなさい。

10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.

チョコレートに関しては抵抗しても無駄です。

11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.

今を台無しにしないように自分の過去と仲直りをしなさい。

12. It's OK to let your children see you cry.

あなたの子供にあなたが泣いているところを見せても大丈夫。

13. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.

自分の人生を他人の人生と比べないで。彼らの旅がどのようなものであるのか、あなたには分からないのですから。

14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.

秘密を持たないといけない関係ならば、そういう関係を持つべきではありません。

15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye… But don't worry; God never blinks.

全てのものは瞬きをする間に変わってしまうかもしれません・・・。でも心配しないで。神は瞬きをしませんから。

16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.

深呼吸をなさい。心が落ち着きます。

17. Get rid of anything that isn't useful.  Clutter weighs you down in many ways.

使えないものは捨ててしまいなさい。ガラクタは様々な方法であなたに負担をかけます。

18. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.

あなたを殺さないものならばどんなものであれ本当にあたなを強くしてくれます。

19. It's never too late to be happy.  But it's all up to you and no one else.

幸せになるのに遅すぎることはありません。でもそれは全てあなた次第です。他の誰によるものではなく。

20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.

人生の中であなたが愛するものを追い続けることを決めたのならば、それに対してノーとは言わないで。

21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.

ろうそくを灯して、素敵なシーツを使って、おしゃれな下着を着けなさい。特別な機会のために取ってはおかないで。今日が特別なのです。

22. Overprepare, then go with the flow.

たくさん準備して。そして流れにまかせなさい。

23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.

今、風変りでいなさい。紫を着るために歳取るのを待たないで。

24. The most important sex organ is the brain.

最も重要な性的器官は脳です。

25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.

誰もあなたの幸せに責任を持ってはくれません。あなた以外には。

26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words, ‘In five years, will this matter?’

災難と呼べるようなものには全てこの言葉を当てはめてみて。“５年後、これは問題？”

27. Always choose Life.

常に生きることを選んで。

28. Forgive but don't forget.

許しなさい。でも忘れないで。

29. What other people think of you is none of your business.

他の人があなたについて何を考えようとも、それはあなたにとって関係のないことです。

30. Time heals almost everything. Give Time time.

時間はほとんど全てのものを癒してくれます。時間に時間を与えなさい。

31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

状況が良くても悪くても、それは変わります。

32. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.

自分に対してそんなに深刻にならないで。他の誰もあなたのことを深刻に考えてはいないから。

33. Believe in miracles.

奇跡を信じなさい。

34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.

神はあなたを愛しています。なぜならばそれが神だから。あなたがした事やしなかった事が理由ではないのです。

35. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.

人生を監査しないで。今それを魅せて存分に楽しみなさい。

36. Growing old beats the alternative — dying young.

歳を取ることはもうひとつのものに打ち勝ちます。それは若くして死ぬことです。

37. Your children get only one childhood.

あなたの子供には一度しか少年時代がありません。

38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.

結局のところ最後に残る全てのものは、あなたが愛していたものなのです。

39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.

毎日、外出をしなさい。奇跡はどこにでも待ち受けています。

40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.

もし全ての人間がそれぞれの問題をひとつの場所に山積みして、他の人の問題を眺めてみたならば、私たちは自分自身の問題を急いで掴み返すことでしょう。

41. Envy is a waste of time. Accept what you already have, not what you think you need.

ねたみは時間の浪費です。あなたが必要だと思っているものではなく、あなたが既に持っているものを受け入れなさい。

42. The best is yet to come…

ベストな瞬間はまだ訪れていません…

43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.

どのように感じていようとも、起きて、おしゃれをして、そして姿を見せなさい。

44. Yield.

もたらしなさい。生み出しなさい。譲りなさい。

（塩沼注記： どれが適当でしょう。どちらにしても、でしゃばらず控えめに何かをもたらすイメージかと）

45. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift.

人生は導かれるものではないけれど、依然として天から与えられた贈り物なのです。

Source:
Regina Brett.com
Kang Alex.com


（日本語は意訳です。間違っていましたらご一報下さるとありがたいです）


この言葉たちが最後まで読んで頂いた皆様に幸せをもたらさんことを！
I wish these words yield the happiness to you who read till the end here!

たまには真面目な記事も書くのだよ。

秘密を暴露するとかしないとか （その１）

はいはーい。みなさん、お元気？

特定秘密保護法制定で言いたいことが言えなくなってしまった塩沼 哲ですよ。


さて。

今日こそ書きます。

書いてやります。



福島■■■■■■■■の■■■■に関する■■■■■。

■■■■によると、■■■子供たち■■■■■■■■。

■■■■■！

■■■■至る■■、■■■■■■■■！


こんなことが■■■なんて正直信じられませんよね！

あり得ない。



次回は、この続きで、■■■■の■■■■■■■について書こうと思います。

もう、書きまくってやる！

特定秘密保護法なんかには負けない！


ではまた。