DON'T IDILE YOUR TIME AWAY
The end of the summer holiday is close to at hand, which I can easily imagine is driving children into a flurry to finish their homework they have neglected to do.
Little by little, they will be forced to
get ready to prepare for the second term of school. On reflection, not only the children, but do
not grown-ups as well need to switch over their ways of thinking? In the heat of the summer, we have been so
terribly exhausted that we have lost vigor in both mind and body. We must throw ourselves into renewed efforts
to regain this vigor that will carry us through the remainder of the year.
Do you remember the phrase ichigo ichie? Referring to the book 'A Glossary of Zen
Terms' by H. Inagaki, this phrase translates as "One encounter, once in a
lifetime." Ichigo ichie is an important phrase that is often used in Sado Time
passes without delay and your past will never ever return. An English dictionary defines the word 'now'
as meaning "at the present time; in the immediate past; in the time immediately
follow." We live in the present and the
time that is ceaselessly passing-to-the-future.
The future is total darkness, nobody knows what tomorrow may
bring. Nobody can even be sure if they
will be alive tomorrow or even in one hour hour's time from now. It is impossible for you to know how your
life will turn out to be. This very
moment is the only time when you exist without a doubt. How dear the people you live with are, such
as your family, intimate friends or your partners, lovers, it is likely that
your permanent co-existence with them is impossible. Your lives together cannot really be
guaranteed to continue, even for just one moment longer than this passing very
moment. In this sense, your life can be
said to an accidental continuance of an existence that is conditioned by each
passing moment in time. The most
important thing you have to bear in mind is how sincere you should be to make
the most of every moment you happen to be alive.
Life is short, and as it passes it cannot
be regained. However faultless you may
be in your own conduct, there is no life without some measure of regret. Give up on high opinions you have of yourself
and strive for perfection and faultless.
Come on, get going!
You're going out see some playmates, aren't you?
Come on, get going!
Are you aware that the summer holiday will be ending
soon?
