生きていれば柔らかくみずみずしいが，死んでいれば硬く干からびている。若い人は柔らかくみずみずしいが，年を取ると硬く干からびてくる。柔らかいと視野が広く，身動きしやすいので，選択肢が多く，可能性にも溢れている。硬いとその逆となる。武術的にはこれを居着きという。だから，居着かないために柔らかく在り続ける。ただ一方で，地に根付いた硬い幹として天へと伸びていく柔らかい枝葉を下から支えるのもまた，自然な役割である。
We are soft and fresh when we are alive, while hard and dry when we are dead. Young people are soft and fresh, but the older people become, the harder and drier they become. Softness makes us have an open mind and good footwork, and then have a lot of alternatives and so full of possibilities. Hardness has the opposite effect for us. From the viewpoint of martial arts, this is "itsuki." Then, keep soft in order not to be such a state as itsuki. On the other hand, it is one of natural roles for a hard trunk rooting in the earth to support soft branches and leaves stretching to the heaven.
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