ノーマン・ヴィンセント・ピエールさんのクリスマスならではの名言です。直訳せずにふじさん流にアレンジをさせていただきました。オリジナルはこちらです。 Christmas waves a magic wand over this world,
and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful. (クリスマスは世界を照らす魔法の杖。みてごらん、何もかもがふんわりと美しい。) 子どもの頃から私たちは魔法に力づけられてきました。(アッコちゃんあり、サリーちゃんあり・・・) クリスマスのイルミネーションも、私たちの心を優しくしてくれる魔法かもしれません。 まるでクリスマスという魔法の杖が、私たちの悩みや友情、愛情、喜びを分かち合えるようにしてくれるのでしょうか。
If we had a bank account that credited us with $86,400 every day, but then wrote off any unspent cash every evening, would you spend it?
Of course you would.
If you really had $86,400 to spend every day and it had to be spent or it would be lost... you would use the lot!
Each of us has such an account.
It credits us with 86,400 seconds per day.
We cannot save any for the future.
This account carries no balance and allows no overdraft.
We use them or lose them.
To realize the value of ONE YEAR, to really understand the concept of a year, ask a student who failed a year and had to repeat.
To realize the value of ONE MONTH, ask a mother who gave birth to a premature baby.
To realize the value of ONE WEEK, ask the editor of a weekly newspaper.
To realize the value of ONE HOUR, ask two lovers who are waiting to meet.
To realize the value of ONE MINUTE, ask a person who missed the last train.
To realize the value of ONE SECOND, ask a person who just avoided a serious accident.
To realize the value of ONE MILLISECOND, ask a person who won a silver medal in the Olympics.
31,500 seconds, give or take a few, have already passed today. There are 54,600 left...
Yesterday is history.
Tomorrow is a mystery.
Today is a gift.
Pausa Tempo 夏の特別企画「Coldo di fine estate」のため、「コトノハ フォレスト」も1ヶ月ぶりの当番となりました。昨日ヤマハゴスペルナイト2009に出演していたにも関わらず、今日のお話は音楽ではなく、バレーボールのお話です。今日の「コトノハ フォレスト」第8回目にご紹介したコトノハは・・・
カーク・フランクリンはこう歌っています。
I Sing Because I'm Happy (私は歌う、幸せだから)
I Sing Because I'm Free (私は歌う、自由だから)
His Eyes are On the Sparrow (神様はたった一羽の雀にも慈悲をくださる)
That's the Reason Why We Sing (だから私は神様のために歌うんだ)