For most of us, we no longer have to worry about food and shelter – the basic needs of a human being. Gone are the days where people wake up and struggle to survive daily.
Life, as we know it now, is about waking up to achieve our dreams and to carry out our “life’s purpose.” We want to have it all – a successful career, a happy home, a fit and healthy body, many friends, and time for travel a hobbies.
My grandmother once told me that we could never find happiness from chasing our lofty dreams – even if we achieved them. Challenges and struggles will always be there, but the fulfillment comes in finding something worth enduring all the pain and suffering.
Finding a career that you believe is worth all the struggle. The same goes for relationships. The perfect relationship will not be without flaws, but rather, it will be someone worth enduring all the pain and trails for.
We may not have it all, and not all good opportunities are yours to grab, but there’s one thing that will always be available for everyone – contentment. It’s not the key to the real treasure; it’s a free gift that makes everything you always have … priceless.
My greatest dream in life was to have a happy family and to spend a lovely days. I had not a dream to be a professional sports player or an astronauts.
How did you feel a day after? A week? A month? A year?
翌日はどうでしたか? 1週間後は? 1月後は? 1年後は?
夢を達成した後のことを聞いているんでしょうか?
僕の夢は、いつ達成したかというのが明確なものではありません。
だから、達成してからどのように感じたかというも、明確ではありません。
ただ、振り返ってみて、達成できているとわかったことはとても幸せだと思います。
My dreams are not the things that we could clearly understand when they are achieved. However, I looked back the things and because I could understand that I had already accomplished, I am so happy.
What are the things you already have that bring you pure happiness?
あなたに純粋な幸せをもたらす、あなたがすでに持っているものは何ですか?
一生懸命頑張った思い出でしょうか?
子供たちと一緒にいろんなことを頑張りました。
そのことで、僕は子育てに関して、一切の後悔がありません。
その思い出が僕に純粋な幸せをもたらします。
They are the memories I worked hard with my sons. I worked hard various things with my sons in their childhood. By those things, I have no regrets regarding my parenting. These memories brings me pure happiness.
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