時間とは何か？なんて考えたことなかった。 What is the meaning of the “time”? Why the “time” dose exists in this human world? Have you ever thought about these questions? Through the conversation with one of the employees, I ran into their questions. He was asked by his daughter, who was 5 years old! Sometimes, questions from the kids are very simple but they are worth thinking about and pure questions! We adults can’t wonder these simple questions because we are too mature and perverse to think like children. I remember one book which I read when I was a teenager, the MOMO written by Michael Ende. Do you know this book? When I first read this, I didn’t totally understand this book’s subject. Now I can reach there more closely than before. The main character MOMO has a special power to listen to other’s stories carefully and can cure other’s feelings by listening. One day some guys came to her town. They were time thieves and grabbed time by letting them save their time. They told people that saving time could lead to a wealthy life and insisted they do not use their time for chatting, art, or time with friends and families. Gradually, people got irritated and lost smiles on their faces. The middle of this book, she was told by one guy that “time” is part of life and was given to each of us and we could feel that only when we can live following our heart. The “time” is like a flower. We tend to lose the meaning of our life and chase only for efficiency and results. Time can be abundant and wealthy or meaningless depending on how to use it. Time is limited. So, we each must think carefully about how to or what to or who to or with whom to use our own time. いそがしい現代だから、今の年代だからこそ読みたい1冊