Why does a dandelion refuse to get crushed or defeated even though it may be stepped on, over and over again? The secret to this strength can be found in the roots that it throws deep into the earth. These roots, at times, can even grow up to one meter below the ground's surface.
Human beings are the same too. Those who strive against all odds, driving the roots of their lives deeper and deeper into firm grounds where nothing can sway them, are true winners.
-- Daisaku Ikeda
April 26th
Japanese text:
TANPOPO WA, NAZE, FUMARETE MO, FUMARETE MO, MAKENAI NO DARO KA. TSUYOSA NO HIMITSU WA, CHICHUFUKAKU NI NOBASHITA NEKKO DA. NAGAIMONODA TO, CHIKA ICHIMETORU IJO NI MO NARU TO IU.
NINGEN MO ONAJI DE ARO. AKUSENKUTO O TAETNUKI, JISHIN NO JINSEI NO NEKKO O, NANI MO NI MO YURUGANU FUKASA MADE HATTA HITO GA, MAKOTO NO SHORISHA DA.
(Josei ni okuru kotoba 365 nichi, pg. 129)
Human beings are the same too. Those who strive against all odds, driving the roots of their lives deeper and deeper into firm grounds where nothing can sway them, are true winners.
-- Daisaku Ikeda
April 26th
Japanese text:
TANPOPO WA, NAZE, FUMARETE MO, FUMARETE MO, MAKENAI NO DARO KA. TSUYOSA NO HIMITSU WA, CHICHUFUKAKU NI NOBASHITA NEKKO DA. NAGAIMONODA TO, CHIKA ICHIMETORU IJO NI MO NARU TO IU.
NINGEN MO ONAJI DE ARO. AKUSENKUTO O TAETNUKI, JISHIN NO JINSEI NO NEKKO O, NANI MO NI MO YURUGANU FUKASA MADE HATTA HITO GA, MAKOTO NO SHORISHA DA.
(Josei ni okuru kotoba 365 nichi, pg. 129)
