Since it is said to be the age of 100 years of life, the state of nesting has continued for over 3 years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the number of inbound travelers has increased rapidly since around 2023/4, and travelers are rushing not only to tourist spots, but also to parks and downtown areas in Tokyo. You can look at it as a happy situation, but...?
I can now reach the age of 80, and I'm starting to worry about the age of famous people in obituary articles in newspapers, news, etc. It seems that there are many people in their 80s to over 90 years old. I feel that 88 years of life without permission is the culmination and milestone of that person's life.
At that time, I caught my eye on “Fragments of the Universe” (serialized essay by Dr. Saji Haruo, Doctor of Science) serialized in the monthly column magazine “SALUS Salus” along the Tokyu Line. This is a comment on how to walk through life learned in space in order to survive now in the 100-year era.
Among Saji Haruo's comments, there is very interesting content. It's about the strangeness of the letter and number 8. If you lay 8 on its side, “∞” becomes a symbol of infinity and represents the “Mevius belt” in the two-dimensional world. How about 88 with these two letters side by side?
If you write 88 in kanji, it becomes 88, or “rice,” and it is praised as yonejuu, or longevity, due to the degree of spread out. Also, tea leaves picked on the 88th day after the first day of spring can now be enjoyed to celebrate the arrival of the new season as “Hachiju-ya Shincha.” The “pilgrimage” to destroy the “88 afflictions” in primitive Buddhism is called the “Shikoku 88 places tour.” Note that the number of piano keys is 88, and the number of constellations determined by astronomy is also 88. Even if you look at it this far, the letter 88 seems like a strange number, and isn't it safe to say that it's an important milestone year in life?
I will quote the “well-being way of life” that Saji Haruo, who turned 88 in January this year, thinks.
(b) Let's say to yourself, “Thank you for working all day today.”
(R) Let's put aside our values for a while and build rich relationships as the “first step towards mutual understanding.”
(c) Even if you get sick, try to enjoy “what you can do now” to the fullest.
(2) Always try to challenge the “paradox of getting old or not getting old” “for fun and learning.”
(Ho) Continuing to learn creates vitality.
In other words, no matter how old people are, life is that they “cannot retire from themselves,” and learning is the basis of that.
This is very important for both people and those of us involved in the real estate appraisal business, and we hope to use it in our daily work.
Also, if you are interested, please read Saji Haruo's works.
Reprinted from “Weekly Building Management” by Building Management Institute Co., Ltd. (with permission)
