Lovely morning. There is something that people only realise when they get older, when they get sick or injured, and when something happens in front of them that they can no longer control. You know the importance of this, but it means that you feel it with your own body. You realize the importance of your health, of the people around you, of your family and friends, of the people you interacted with at that time, and you realize how wonderful your everyday life was.
Spring brings us beautiful cherry blossoms, fresh greenery, and summer brings us blue skies, sunshine and white clouds. Autumn brings us the beautiful autumn leaves and winter brings us the glittering snow. But none of these beautiful seasons that we take for granted are the same. It is important that we cherish and enjoy this world that we take for granted, that we value ourselves in it, that we remember the dreams that we wanted to fulfil when we were children, and that we take a few steps to make them come true.
The environment that surrounds us at the time of our birth is different for each of us, but the value of a person cannot be determined at birth. What matters is the action we take in the place where we are now, and how we live the life we have in our hands. It is this very action we are taking now that will create our future one by one.
As I watch the athletes from around the world on my TV screen, trying to make the most of every moment, I think about how many people have been involved in making this moment happen. It is a competition with winners and losers. But there is no one whose story does not shine through. And this is not the end, but a passage in the lives of many people. There are many different ways of thinking about an event, and no one can decide what is right or wrong, but we can be sure that this moment is made up of the thoughts and feelings of many different people, and their constant efforts and refusal to give up. And we must remember that living our lives to the fullest in the present will determine our future tomorrow.