2011/03/17＊Takuro

Clear weather in Tokyo today, too.

I was thinking about this when I woke up this morning. Right now, all of Japan has priority seating. The rule is, “give your seat to those who need it more than you.” It’s affixed to the window. Those of us who can stand on our own legs, let’s give our seats to those who can not.

Let’s give our seats to pregnant women and the elderly, people who are hurt, little children and people carrying heavy luggage.

It’s possible there are people who might think, “Who the hell are you to tell me that? There’s no one who needs a seat more than me. Give me yours.” Let’s give our seats to these people as well.

The people who say these things… rather than the people in the shaking train who are light-headedly fighting it out until the next station, the people who say such things are weaker. Perhaps their intentions are to never get up from their seats again, because it sure feels to me like they’re headed nowhere.

We can all have times of great weakness. However, I dare say that no matter how bad it gets, there are people out there worse off than you. The people who announce that “more than anyone else, they’re at the edge of the world“… that’s exactly where they’re nailed down to.

“Give your seat to those who need it more than you” is a guideline I think I’ll live by. I think that’s what even the people in extremely harsh living conditions are thinking right now.

It seems today will be a long day, too.
Hoping for there to be at least some good news.