On rainy days she celebrates the rain.
On windy days she lends a ear to the voice of the wind.
When she sees someone in need of help, she is quick to respond with her entire being.
A mother who lives her life like a beautiful poem,
sets the most ideal example her children can follow,
for it nurtures their hearts with a richness that far surpasses the power of words.
- Daisaku Ikeda
Japanese Text:
雨の日は雨を楽しみ、
風の日は風の声に耳を傾ける。
困っている人を見たら、
すぐに体が動いている。
そうした人生の詩を生きるお母さんの姿は、言葉以上に豊かに子どもたちの心を育むに違いない。
AME NO HI WA AME O TANOSHIMI,
KAZE NO HI WA KAZE NO KOE NI MIMI O KATAMUKERU.
KOMATTE IRU HITO O MITARA,
SUGU NI KARADA GA UGOITE IKU.
SO SHITA JINSEI NO SHI O IKIRU OKASAN NO SUGATA WA, KOTOBA IJO NI YUTAKA NI KODOMO TACHI NO KOKORO O HAGUKUMU NI CHIGAINAI.
(Josei ni okuru kotoba 365 nichi, pg. 191)
On windy days she lends a ear to the voice of the wind.
When she sees someone in need of help, she is quick to respond with her entire being.
A mother who lives her life like a beautiful poem,
sets the most ideal example her children can follow,
for it nurtures their hearts with a richness that far surpasses the power of words.
- Daisaku Ikeda
Japanese Text:
雨の日は雨を楽しみ、
風の日は風の声に耳を傾ける。
困っている人を見たら、
すぐに体が動いている。
そうした人生の詩を生きるお母さんの姿は、言葉以上に豊かに子どもたちの心を育むに違いない。
AME NO HI WA AME O TANOSHIMI,
KAZE NO HI WA KAZE NO KOE NI MIMI O KATAMUKERU.
KOMATTE IRU HITO O MITARA,
SUGU NI KARADA GA UGOITE IKU.
SO SHITA JINSEI NO SHI O IKIRU OKASAN NO SUGATA WA, KOTOBA IJO NI YUTAKA NI KODOMO TACHI NO KOKORO O HAGUKUMU NI CHIGAINAI.
(Josei ni okuru kotoba 365 nichi, pg. 191)
