It is natural to feel depressed for a while because of the sudden misfortune. But one day, you have to come to an end and look forward to the future. Strangely enough, regardless of how sad the event is, the sadness never lasts forever. Days drug. Perhaps there is a kind of total amount of sadness, and when it is used up, the sadness seems to run out. Though a fuzzy sadness remains afterwards.
 
I used to love mahjong, and one thing I learned from it is the importance of switching. If you keep dragging out your regrets because of your mistakes or upset by your enemy's nice moves, you will make new mistakes and you will not get lucky. You have to switch quickly and go for the reversal offensive.
 
Although it is a bit contradictory to the title, I also like the word "endurance of hardships”. It is an ancient Chinese word that means to burn your frustrations into your mind and use them as energy to endure hardships and run towards rebirth. As the title suggests, I would like to avoid looking backward with regret, despair, or resentment, but I also think it's okay if you can set your mind on the frustrations and sorrows of the past as a source of positive energy to burn.
 
It is obvious, but life is not eternal. So, little by little, important people around us die off. My abilities and physical strength are also gradually declining. In such a situation, I would like to cherish what I have learned through trial and error, which more than compensates for the decline,like a pitcher in professional baseball who is past his prime but finds a new way to play with batters.
 
With my 50th birthday approaching, I hope to turn my life around with the feeling that I still have half a drink left in my glass, instead of only half.