より豊かに過ごす〜桜(3)

楽観

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コロナの初年度、職場付近の六本木ミッドタウンの桜並木を歩いている人はいませんでした。誰もみていないのに、無言で例年通りに元気いっぱい咲いていて…例えようのない気持ちになったのを覚えています。でも、少なくとも私は観たし、心を動かされました。桜も、見えない未来(平穏)を楽観して、今できることに一生懸命なのかもしれませんね。

For fulfilling life ~ Full-bloomed cherry blossoms (3)

Stay optimistic

During the first year of COVID, there was no one walking along the cherry‑blossom path at Roppongi Midtown near my workplace. I still remember the indescribable feeling I had when I saw the trees blooming so vibrantly, just as they always did, even though no one was there to admire them. But at least I saw them. And they moved me.
When I think about how those cherry trees must have simply trusted in a future they couldn’t see, doing their best in the moment they were given, I feel as if the idea I noted about earlier column makes a little more sense.