青春
今朝、何時ものように通勤電車に揺られながら本を読んでいて、とても良い言葉に出会った。
「青春とは人生のある期間をいうのではなく、心の様相を言うのだ。
歳を重ねただけで人は老いない。理想を失うときに初めて老いがくる」(サミュエル・ウルマン)
全くその通り。還暦を迎える歳ではあるが理想を失うことなく、青春を謳歌したいと思う。そう言えば天風先生の誦句集の中にも、
「人間は理想を持つことなしに生きるべきものではない、・・・・。」
の一節があったの思い出した。
昼の休憩時間、久し振りに中ノ島公園まで足を伸ばした。中ノ島はバラ園で知られており、
春先のバラは目を見張る華やかさがあるが秋のバラ も悪くない。今日は一寸風があり肌寒さを感じたが、
風が運んでくるバラの香りは何とも言えず爽やかであった。
I was reading a book this morning, rocking the commuter train as I always do, when I came across a very good quote.
“Youth does not mean a certain period of life, but the aspect of the mind.
People don’t age just because they age. It is only when we lose our ideals that we grow old.” (Samuel Ullman)
You are absolutely right. I would like to enjoy my youth without losing my ideal, even though I am at the age of 60 years old. Come to think of it, one of Mr. Tenpou’s books of idioms is
‘No man should live without having ideals, ….’
I remembered that there was a passage in the
During the lunch break, I went to Nakanoshima Park for the first time in a long time. Nakanoshima is known for its rose garden and
Early spring roses are strikingly gorgeous, but autumn roses are not bad either. It was a bit windy and chilly today, but
The scent of the roses carried by the wind was indescribably refreshing.