より豊かに過ごす〜現実逃避(2)

反対方向の電車に乗る

(English follows)
時間を気にせず、ひとりで電車に乗っていると、とても気持ちが落ち着きました。時間が経つと手足のだるさを感じてきて(1)、疲れが抜けていくような感じがしました。
江ノ島を登っていき、さざえの壺焼きをつまみにビールをやりながら海を見下ろしていると、嫌なことを忘れることができただけでなく、なんとなく気力が湧いてくる感じがしました。(つづく)

For fulfilling life ~ Escapism(2)

Get on a train going the other way

When I rode the train alone, without watching the clock, I could feel deeply at ease. After a while, I would begin to notice a pleasant heaviness in my arms and legs(1), as if the fatigue were slowly draining out of me.
Climbing up through Enoshima, then sitting down with a beer and a grilled turban shell asa a small treat, gazing out over the sea below - I found that it not only helped me forget the things that had been weighing on my mind, but also gently restored my energy, little by little. *To be continued.

(1)Full Catastrophe Living (Jon Kabat-Zinn, 1990)