In those days I used to write my essay...

Life is full of hardships, whereas, it's fun. It's just like the beer is delicious after hard work.

To the question - "What do humans live for?", many people have tried to answer in each way. So will I.

"Humans live for encounters"

It's good to meet someone that has a close sense of view to yours, but things are not so easy. Occasionally you meet hateful people, possibly so hateful that you feel like killing them.

Encounter is not only with people, but also with such arts as books and music, and with religion. Human's feeling become insired by them.

I will quote my "encounter" from the Bible.


From the Evangelion according to John, 13 : 33, 34

33"My children, I will be with you only a little longer. You will look for me, and just as I told the Jews, so I tell you now: Where I am going, you cannot come.

34"A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. "


The action of love comes not only from the affection. The point is "As Jesus Christ lovd us". Love is similar to rain. And all of us are the cup for receiving it. Rain falls so much that cup becomes full and it overflows and the water falls into another cup.

It's a bit away from encounter, but love is connected with a Japanese word, "Ichigo-Ichie"( means: you should treasure even one little encounter because you might never meet the person again)

Treasure one encounter means think a lot of the person, think a lot of him/her means love him/her.

One book says "Love someone means hope him not to die". I think it's the same.