The sea and mountains are at their peak this summer just now. Usually more people are rushing in, but this year it’s a quiet situation.  Even so, I can hear the cheers of the sea bathers, which can only be heard in the summer.  The pure white summer clouds over the azure sea, the sound of the waves crashing, the bright red Hamanasu flowers blooming on the sandy beach a little away, these are the same summer landscapes as usual.  What is the bliss I feel when I am sucked into this landscape where eternity and moments intersect?  The way of coming is long, and the end is short. The bliss that I feel in my destiny may be God’s guidance.

夏真っ盛りの海や山。いつもならもっと多くの人達が押し寄せているのでしょうが、今年はどことも閑散とした状況です。それでも夏にしか聞こえて来ない海水浴客達の歓声が聞こえてきます。紺碧の海の上に広がる真っ白な夏雲、打ち寄せる波の音、少し離れた砂浜に咲く真っ赤なハマナスの花、これだけはいつもと変わらない夏の風景です。永遠と刹那が交錯したこの風景に吸い込まれて行く時に感じる至福はいったいなんだろう。来し方は長く、行く末は短い我が運命に感じる至福こそが神の導きかもしれません。