ゴールデンウイーク
今年のゴールデンウィークは、２９日から５日まで８連休と言う会社が多かったのでは・・・。でも、弊社は所謂暦通り・・・
零細企業の悲しさと云うか、零細企業の特権と云うか？。今こんな事を書き出していてフッと思い出した。小生が厚顔（紅顔）
の美青年であった３０代前半の起業間もない頃、実は日祭日が恨めしかった。何故って・・・？、
だって日祭日になると会社を休みにしなければならない、休むと仕事は入らない、ところが家賃も給料も月単位で発生する。
故に休日が多いとその分マイナスが膨らむ。そんな世知辛い姑息な思いと、今ひとつは仕事が楽しくて仕方無かったことに起因する。
当時は幾ら忙しくても全く気にならず、休みが重なると何となく損をしたような気になったものだ。
こんな思い出は、起業家の誰しもが共通に持っているのでは・・・。金も力も閑も何も無かった、
でも気力だけはとてつもなく充実していた。フッとそんな昔を想いだした。
で、今年のゴールデンウィークはと云うと、ほぼ何もせずゴルフと映画と畑仕事（庭に造った一坪農園）で終わった。
それでもアッという間に終わった。最近は会社に居ると一日がとてつもなく長く感じるが休みは直ぐに終わる。いったいこの感覚は何なのか・・・
、ぼちぼち引退しては？ と神が囁いているのかも・・・。
６０歳定年とは良くしたもので、知力、気力、体力、精力ともに５０歳代とは可也違ってくる。
で、フッと今また思い出した。丁度私が結婚した年に義父が６０歳の定年を迎えた。義父曰く「これから私は金を稼ぐ事は一切しない・・
・、今自分に出来る事は後輩に道を譲り、仕事を与えることだ・・・、それが自分の仕事だと・・・」。その言葉通り、
定年後は一切の仕事を離れ、「五族の墓奉賛会」（満州国軍の墓）
の世話役と中国残留孤児に関係するボランティア的なことをする以外は囲碁と孫の遊び相手でノンビリとした余生を過しておられた。
何でこんな事を書き出したのかな、もしかしたら今日の天候（雨）のせいかも・・・。
In this year’s Golden Week, many companies had eight consecutive holidays from the 29th to the 5th… But our company, as the calendar says…
Is it the sadness of micro-enterprises, or is it the privilege of micro-enterprises? I’m writing this out now and it just occurred to me. I’m the one with the thick face.
When I was a beautiful young man in my early thirties and had just started my own business, I actually resented the holidays. Why would I…? and
I have to take a day off from work on Sundays and holidays, and if I take a day off, I don’t get a job, but I have to pay my rent and salary on a monthly basis.
Hence, if you have a lot of holidays, the negative will be inflated by that. The first was because I was enjoying my work and the second was because I had no choice but to do it.
In those days, I didn’t care how busy I was, and I felt like I was losing money when I had a series of holidays.
I think all entrepreneurs have these memories in common. There was no money, no power, no vacancy, no nothing.
But I had a tremendous amount of energy. I was reminded of such a long time ago.
As for this year’s Golden Week, I didn’t do anything but play golf, go to the movies, and work in the field (the 1.3 square meter farm I built in the garden).
Still, it was over in a flash. These days, when I’m in the office, the day feels very long, but the holidays are over very soon. I don’t know what the hell this feels like.
Why don’t you just retire? Maybe God is whispering to you…
The retirement age of 60 is a good thing, because it is much different from the age of 50 in terms of intelligence, energy, physical strength, and vigor.
And now I remember again. The year I got married, my father-in-law reached the retirement age of 60. My father-in-law said, “From now on, I’m not going to make any money…
The only thing I can do now is to give way to my juniors and give them a job…that’s my job… As they say.
After retirement, he left all work and became a member of the “Grave Order of the Five Families” (the grave of the Manchurian army)
Aside from playing Go and playing with his grandchildren, he spent the rest of his leisurely life as a caretaker for the orphans left behind in China and as a volunteer for the orphans left behind in China.
I don’t know why I’m writing this, maybe it’s because of today’s weather (rain)…
