逆転満塁ホームラン
人生は最後まで何があるかわかりません。先日の甲子園の山梨大会で、吉田対駿台甲府の試合がありました。９回の表までで、吉田が４対０で勝っていました。しかし、駿台甲府は最後まで諦めずに試合を続け、９回の裏、１アウト、逆転満塁ホームランで勝利を飾ることができました。
本当に、人生最後まで、どうなるかは誰にもわかりません。一瞬でも、チームの中の１人でも、途中で諦めていたら、駿台甲府の逆転勝利はなかったでしょう。１人１人が、必死に、最後まで諦めずに戦ったからこそ、勝利することができました。どんなことも同じです。どんな状況であっても、最後まで、力を抜かずに、諦めずに、全力投球する。それが必ず結果に繋がります。チームジット一丸となって、最後まで諦めずに、行動をお願いします。
しかし、長い人生において言えば、逆転満塁ホームランはありません。逆転満塁ホームランを狙うのではなく、こつこつ今を努力するだけです。最後まで諦めずに、今この一瞬を大切に、全力で生きてください。
Turning Points
We do not know what will happen to us during our lives. The other day, Yoshida played Sundai Kofu in the Yamanashi Grand Meet at Koshien Stadium. Although until the beginning of the 9th inning Yoshida was ahead 4-0 against Kofu, the latter team refused to give up and in the bottom of the 9th with 1 out, Kofu hit the decision home run and walked away from the game victorious.
It really is impossible for any of us to what what is going to happen in our lives or how our lives will go. Had the Kofu team given up for even an instant or had even just one player quit half way through, the team would not have achieved the victory that it did. It was because each and every person on the team fought for their lives until the very end of the game that the team was able to win. The same is true for anything. No matter what the circumstances are like around you, persevere with all your might until the end. What you do until then is directly connected to what happens in the end. I ask that Team JIT work together as one and persevere until the very end.
However, there are no decisive moments – or “homeruns,” if you will – in a person’s life. Rather than looking for one defining moment, work ahead step by step. Do not give up and remember to treasure the present.
