生きているだけでラッキー
今日、ひさしぶりに友人に会った。
彼とは一時期いっしょに会社をやっていた仲で、それぞれ独立してからもう17年になる。
久々に話をすると、仕事は、あいかわらずとても順調そうだった。
ただ、彼はコロナの影響で原因のわからない体調不良で一年間体調を崩し、「生きているだけでラッキーだ」という心境に至ったという。
どれだけお金を持っていても、健康な体がなければ意味がない。
そう実感して、いまは自ら仕事をセーブし、少し減らしているそうだ。
自分も先日、数日だけ体調を崩した。
そのときでさえ「健康って本当にありがたい」としみじみ思った。
けれど、友人のように一年も続けば、それは人生の指針を大きく変えるほどのインパクトになるのだろう。
若いころは「どこまでやれるか」がすべてだった。
でも、年齢を重ねると「どれだけ健康でいられるか」「どれだけ心穏やかに過ごせるか」が本当に大事になっていくのだろう。
正直、自分はまだそこまで深くは実感できていない。
それでも、友人の「生きているだけでラッキー」という言葉には、経験からしかにじみ出ない説得力があった。
健康を守ることは、結局、自分の人生を守ることでもある。
お金も大事、仕事の成果も大事。けれどそれらは、やっぱり体と心が整っていてこそ意味を持つ。
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Lucky Just to Be Alive
Today, I met a friend I hadn’t seen in a long time.
We once ran a company together, and it’s already been 17 years since we each went our separate ways and started our own businesses.
When we talked, his work seemed to be going as smoothly as ever.
But he told me that during the pandemic he had suffered from an unexplained illness for nearly a year, and through that experience he came to feel, “I’m lucky just to be alive.”
No matter how much money you have, it means nothing if you don’t have a healthy body.
He realized this deeply, and now he chooses to pace himself, cutting back on work.
I, too, was unwell for just a few days recently.
Even then, I felt deeply grateful for my health.
But if that state had lasted for a whole year, as it did for him, I can imagine it would have been an impact strong enough to completely change the direction of one’s life.
When I was younger, everything was about “how far I could push myself.”
But as we grow older, the real priority shifts toward “how healthy we can stay” and “how peacefully we can live each day.”
Honestly, I haven’t fully reached that stage of awareness yet.
Still, when my friend said, “I’m lucky just to be alive,” the words carried a weight and conviction that can only come from lived experience.
In the end, protecting your health is the same as protecting your life itself.
Money matters, and so do achievements at work.
But in the end, all of it only holds meaning if both body and mind are well.
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