Feel
I really feel many things every day. The other day, for the first time in many years, the sky was clear and sunny for Tanabata, and I wondered if Orihime and Hikoboshi had enjoyed their brief rendezvous with each other. I wondered if Orihime and Hikoboshi had enjoyed their brief rendezvous in the night sky. I think Japan, the country of my birth, is beautiful. I think there are some very good things about it, such as its culture, craftsmanship, food, and care. However, I have come to lament the fact that power has become so concentrated that people with the spirit of the samurai, who could train and admonish themselves strictly, have completely disappeared from the country. It seems to me that the great men and women of the past focused not only on their own self-interest, but also on their contributions to others and on altruism. They thoughtfully considered how to nurture future generations, even their successors, and did not care that they might be the bad guys. But now, people...