Today’s post may sound more philosophical than usual. It is a message to myself

Today’s post may sound more philosophical than usual. It is a message to myself – not for someone else. Although it isn’t for someone else, I hope it would be great if this can be someone’s encouragement. The photo is 95% completion of the on-going Sashiko. Well. I will share my honest feeling about this when I “decide it” to be completed.
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When we are taken in on the tremendous flow, we feel powerless & give up. It seems every effort is a waste. However, in reality, it is “LessPower” instead of “PowerLess”. The power (influence) we have can be extremely trivial (close to Zero). However, it is never “No Power At all”. Catching a breath may be the best you can do in the violent flow. All you can do is probably to struggle to avoid drowning. Sometimes, it may be better to let yourself be in the Flow. Some will say “Just Give Up. It is a waste”. However, a single breath, a mere hand-movement in the flow never is “Complete Powerless”. It should/will “cause” something.
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I won’t say something irresponsible like “You will be rewarded when you continue it”. We don’t know that. However, it is true that “it” will be completely lost if you do not continue. Look up so that you can catch the breath from the sky. You have been struggling. Giving up many “luggages” that you were carrying. To swim better, you don’t even have clothes on. What can you lose more? Focus on what you “should” do now. You may not have significant power to influence it, but you are never powerless to it. Then, you can fully focus on what you “want” to do with less struggle.
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今日の投稿は、普段以上に自己啓発本っぽく読めてしまうかもしれません。誰の為でもなく、私自身に向けた励ましの言葉です。私の為の言葉ではありますが、誰かにも届いたら嬉しいなと思いつつ。
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大きな流れに巻き込まれた時、人は無力感を感じ諦めてしまうのかもしれません。何をしても無駄だ…この流れに抗っても仕方がない…と。ただ、それは無力「感」なのであって、「無力」ではないのです。尊敬する友人の言葉です。「私達が持つ力は極めて微力かもしれない。でも決して無力ではない」。大きな流れの中では息を継ぐだけで精一杯になるかもしれません。溺れないように必死に足掻くだけかもしれません。流れに任せた方が良い時もあるかもしれません。中には「無駄だ。諦めろ」という人もいるかもしれない。ただ、流れの中での一呼吸、一つの動きは決して無力ではないはず。
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「続ければいつか報われる」なんて無責任なことは言えないけれど、「続けなければ残らない」ことは確定しているわけで。まずは顔を上げて水面に顔を出す。足掻き続けて、重い荷物も衣類も捨てて、もう素っ裸なわけだ。愚直に、すべきことのみに集中する。
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風呂敷は…95%ほど完成です。どうなんだろう。完成と見做した時、好きになれるんだろうか（笑）
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2024-08-17 22:20:10

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