Time flies
Passing 60es and to be over 70 years old, it will be harder just to enter another year. As you are this old, your inner power and your body structure won't to be able to take much load as you have accepted in our 40es or 50es.
One year of 70 years old may worth more than a few years of 50es. Unless you take good care of yourself, it won't to be easy to receive any extra load to your body or will power. It means that one year would worth much more than a year of your younger age. As your remaining years become shorter yet your days pass this fast, you must take care of your remaining days.
As being a child of your beloved parents, if you leave them somewhere else and do not take care of them, you must call yourself a fool for losing the last chance to show your appreciation of being born on this beautiful earth.
When was the last time you talked with your parents? Well, I lost my parents during my thirties when I was busy with daily affairs. So, I didn't have chance to talk with them and to show them my appreciation.
Don't I regret? No, matter of fact. For me, parents are some remote existence detached from my daily occurrence. But as I get older and since I have reached 60, I feel like conversing with them every once in a while. Nothing special. Just to ask them what I was like. Was I a wheedling child? Was I good at riding tricycle? Was I good to the grand ma? Oh ,well I feel tears come out. . . .
30% starvation and coldness
Old people say that it is best to grow children with 30% starvation and coldness. Which means that children have to be starved a little and be left in coldness. It is not limited to children but can be said to the adults as well. If you give children enough of nice tasty food and have them wear warm clothes
it will do children great harm.
The worldlings and women are not familiar with the basic theory of life and don't know the way to foster their children. It makes children necessarily having sickness and short life, for they give children the hot tasty food, have children wear warm clothes, and try to enclose them in a warm place. Children that has grown in poor family have longer healthy life than those who were born rich.
It was 1967 when I first arrived Chicago O'Hara airport to attend the NOMDA exhibition to be held at Palmer House. Japan wasn't wealthy enough to enjoy big dinner. We ate miso soup, fermented soybeans with egg mixed in and some dried fishes for supper, lunch and breakfast as well. There were the loaf of bread available though you have to prepare juice yourself by squeezing with the hand.
That has reminded me of the surprise for the variety of bread. I ordered a sandwich in a coffee shop in Palmer House and was asked what kind of bread I like. My, my. I know one, a loaf of bread. "no, no sir, would you like ban, or bla bla bla", Noway!
I arrived NYC 2 weeks later. I found so many people were having trouble walking through the aisle of city bus. There were none so called fatty in elementary school. I cannot remember if there were any having fat trouble during my teen age, till I graduate college. But America!
There were so many. If you save half of your food for the people living in Africa, you can lose your fats and save the world, don't you think? No wonder, you've got so many murders, beat ups, domestic violence and other power harassment. Well, Japan is catching up, to tell you the truth. It took us 40 years to catch Amarica up. Now, China is catching up rapidly.
My wife had graduated from a college of art and has good memory and has severe way to say things, well at least to me though. Yes, she has sharp notation on most of the things. But we have trouble communicating each other sometime. Thing is how we train our cat. She never give a punishment if our cat doesn't obey what we say. On the other hand, I do so right at the moment without any delay.
Here is what's happening. Our cat try to avoid me and does flatter my wife. No way, man. That shouldn't be the way to train those beasts. You have to remember that children start out their life as the beast. They have no way to communicate but to cry. If they start to talk a few word, there is no way of knowing what's wrong, bad, or good unless someone tells them that. They are too busy cultivating their own interest. So, it is necessary to give some punishment to win their attention and have them tune in what the parents has to say.
It is not the secular affair that you are to enjoy
As you get old, you should not pay attention to things that are not of your interest. Doing so does not worth a damn for your anti aging measure. Follow the time stream around you and enjoy yourself. It is not the secular affair that you are to enjoy. You enjoy what you have been with and what is carefree with your mind. You enjoy 24 hours of heaven and earth, beauty of your homeland that is filled with clear water and earthy smell along with the power of grasses and trees that rises from the dead.
Things you may like:
I was watching TV. Right! I got trouble with walking in these days. That make me watch TV instead of newspapers. Snowing! That white flurry material coming from heaven. No, not to my town but somewhere yonder in northern part of my country. Ever heard of "nandin" or "sacred bamboo"? Well, it sure is "sacred" for its color in the snow. It is very important accessory to celebrate the New Year.
People crops its branches with lots of seeds in bright red color. The scene was so beautiful and must have touched my heart somewhere deep inside. Tear comes out, man. Am I get old! I wasn't this tearful 20 years ago, I tell you. . . . See photo on the right, aren't they beautiful?
