When we are feeling tied and bound by our situation.
When we are feeling defensive about everything.
When we are confused, down-and-out.
At such times, let us apply the reverse gear on our inner feelings and tell ourselves: "I am going to go right through with this situation and emerge victorious."
It is within such a resolve that we truly discover the arrival of "spring".
-- Daisaku Ikeda
April 3rd
Japanese text:
NANI KA NI SHIBARARETE IRU YO NI KANJIRU TOKI. SUBETE GA UKEMI NI NATTE IRU TOKI. NANTONAKU MAYOI GA KANJIRARETE IRU TOKI.
SO IU TOKI WA, ICHINEN O KYAKUTEN SASETE [SA, KONO MICHI O TSURANUKO!] TO KIMETE IKU KOTO DA. SONO ICHINEN NO NAKA NI, SHINJITSU NO [HARU] GA TORAI SURU.
(Josei ni okuru kotoba 365 nichi, 106 pg.)
When we are feeling defensive about everything.
When we are confused, down-and-out.
At such times, let us apply the reverse gear on our inner feelings and tell ourselves: "I am going to go right through with this situation and emerge victorious."
It is within such a resolve that we truly discover the arrival of "spring".
-- Daisaku Ikeda
April 3rd
Japanese text:
NANI KA NI SHIBARARETE IRU YO NI KANJIRU TOKI. SUBETE GA UKEMI NI NATTE IRU TOKI. NANTONAKU MAYOI GA KANJIRARETE IRU TOKI.
SO IU TOKI WA, ICHINEN O KYAKUTEN SASETE [SA, KONO MICHI O TSURANUKO!] TO KIMETE IKU KOTO DA. SONO ICHINEN NO NAKA NI, SHINJITSU NO [HARU] GA TORAI SURU.
(Josei ni okuru kotoba 365 nichi, 106 pg.)
