2月7日 お誕生日おめでとうございます
今日の花は【スノードロップ】
花ことばは【初恋のため息】です(^^♪
”初恋のため息”なんて、何十年前
あの頃のため息って、ピンク色だった
今では遠くに見える小さな小さな点は、目を凝らしても見る事が出来ません
それから後にどれだけの恋をしただろう
”初恋のため息”なんて、可愛いため息は天然記念物になってしまった
でもね、スノードロップを見たら、初恋のあの時が鈴のような音を立てて、可愛く覗かせていませんか
学校の帰りの公園で、ブランコに揺られて、可愛いときめきに胸を焦がしたあなた
今が幾つであっても、スノードロップの中に、あの頃のあなたが恥ずかしそうに微笑んでいます
生まれておぎゃぁと泣いた時も、初めてのハイハイや、歩いた時さえ、何も覚えてないけれど、花びらの奥であどけないあなたが笑っています
今のあなたの記憶は、あなたが作り出した記憶だから、全て真実とは限らない
”初恋のため息”だって、覚えてないだけで、あなたの心の奥底にきちんと飾って残っています
さぁ、タイムスリップしましょうか
例えばお婆の初恋は、高校一年生
お相手は海上自衛隊の人で、まだ19歳。手さえ握ったことない初恋
あなたの初恋は幾つだった
最初のデートは
少しずつ想い出していくと、あの頃のあなたが戻ってきます
その時代の服装や、言葉遣いや、すっかり忘れていたことがひょっこり顔を覗かせます
「可愛かったわ
」と、自分を抱きしめたくなりませんか
現実に戻ると、初恋の時とのあまりの違いに、涙する人もいるかもしれません
両親や家族に守られて、どれだけのびのびしてきたことでしょう
初恋よりも、守られてきたことに想いが強く、その分、感謝しているあなたがいるかもしれません
「今更戻れるわけじゃあるまいし
」と言う考えもあるけれど、遠い道のかなたを振り返り、「もうちょっと頑張るか」って、元気を貰うあなたがいたり、タイムスリップの罠にはまり、立ち上がれなくなるあなたもいるかもしれない
立ち上がれなくなっていたら、心が「ちょっと休もうよ～～」って、言ってる証拠
そんな時は頑張らずに、休みましょ
「そんな悠長な事言ってられないわ」と、はっぱをかけずに、我がままにドデンと座り込んで、コーヒーでもいかが
人生は長い
マラソンよりも、歳を重ねるごとに短距離で、隣の人と競争せずに、自分のペースで走りましょ
そうしたら心も体も病気にならないわ
たまには”初恋のため息”を想い出して、心をクリーニング
February 7 Happy Birthday!
Today's flower is Snowdrop.
The language of flowers is "sigh of first love".
How many decades have passed since I first sighed in love?
Back then, the sighs were pink.
Now I can't even look hard enough to see the tiny little dots in the distance
I wonder how many loves I've fallen in love with since then
The "sigh of first love", that cute little sigh, has become a natural treasure
But hey, when you see a snowdrop, doesn't that time of your first love make a bell-like sound and peek pretty?
You, who were swung on the swing at the park after school, and your heart was burning with your cute first love.
No matter how old you are now, you are still smiling shyly in the snowdrops.
You don't remember anything, not even when you cried when you were born, or when you crawled or walked for the first time, but behind the petals you are smiling, innocent.
The memories you have now are memories you have created, not all of them are true.
Even the sigh of your first love is still there in the depths of your heart, just because you don't remember it.
Now, let's go back in time.
For example, my first love was a freshman in high school.
Her partner was a Maritime Self-Defense Force man, and he was only 19 years old. I've never even held his hand.
How old was your first love?
What was your first date?
Little by little, you will remember and you will come back to those days!
The way you dressed, the way you spoke, the things you had forgotten about, all of a sudden you are back!
Don't you want to hug yourself and say, "You were so cute!
Coming back to reality, some of us may cry because of how different things are now from how they used to be!
How much you have been protected by your parents and family and how carefree you have been!
You may feel more strongly about being protected than you did about your first love, and you may be grateful for that.
Some may say, "There is no way I can go back now," but there may be some of you who look back on a distant road and feel inspired to do a little more, or there may be some of you who fall into the trap of time slips and cannot get back up again.
If you can't get up, it's a sign that your heart is telling you, "Let's take a break!
In that case, don't work so hard, just take a break!
Don't say, "I can't take that long," just sit down and have a cup of coffee.
Life is long.
Instead of running marathons, let's run shorter distances as we get older, and let's run at our own pace instead of competing with the person next to us!
Then your mind and body won't get sick.
Sometimes, think of "the sigh of first love" and clean your heart!