さらに深くへ
地元・京都にある八条ヶ池は、悩んだときに訪れる大切な場所です。ある夜いつものように、「私はどうなりたいのか？」と水面に映る自分に悩みを問いかけました。答えが見つからないまま、しばらくまたたく星空と水面に映る星々を眺めていると、自分の悩みを忘れるほど魅了され、揺れる水面に映る私を見て「人生は水のようだ」と感じました。
「水は山の湧き水として生まれ、川を下り大海原を目指して流れていく。向かう旅の途中で、池のように自分にとって最適な居場所を見つけられるかもしれないし、湖のように観る者を感動させるかもしれない」と、まるでせき止めていた水が流れ出したかのように続きます。 水が山から海へと流れるように、私も目的地に向かって動き続けます。私はいったい何を志し、どこへ辿り着くのでしょうか。あの夜の答えは、未だに見つかっていません。
Deeper Within
Hachijō-ga-ike in my hometown of Kyoto is a place I visit whenever I am troubled.
One night, as I often do, I asked my reflection on the water’s surface, “What do I want to become?”Unable to find an answer, I gazed for a while at the twinkling stars above and their reflections shimmering on the water. I became so captivated that I forgot my worries. Watching my own image wavering on the surface, I felt that life is like water.
Water is born as spring water in the mountains, flows down rivers, and journeys toward the vast ocean. Along the way, it may find a place perfectly suited to it, like a pond. It may even become like a lake, moving those who behold it. These thoughts continued to flow, as if water that had long been dammed up had suddenly begun to run free.
Just as water flows from the mountains to the sea, I too will keep moving toward my destination.What, then, do I aspire to? And where will I arrive?
The answer from that night still remains unfound.
ULTERIUS
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