笑顔で暮らそう

Death Cafe

今日は１月３１日。

プロアクテイブにヤフーブログを続ける事が出来なくなりました。

友達になってくれた人達、友達になってくれて

去った人達にお礼申します。　フェイスブックで続けていますのでよかッ　たらお立ち寄りください。月に２〜３度顔出すつもりでいます。

https://www.facebook.com/chuck.endo

最近おもしろい会話の場を紹介されて、これは国際的に広がっている会話の場で日本にもある事

と思っていますがフェイスブックに一寸自分の感じた事を書き込みました。

次のようです。

"Death Cafe". The name may sound horrible to some people. However, I realized it is a serious matter when my dear friend suffering from ALS told me, “I don't want to live while unconscious, lying on the bed strapped with all those plastic tubes”. He asked me if I could find out where and how he can die without his physician’s interference. That's when I started to think about death, not only his but also my own. Oh, yes, Jack Kevorkian's name came to my mind along with the words "Euthanasia!", "Hemlock Society", "Dignity with Death", "Right to Die", "Compassion and Choices”.

It is correct to say that medical doctors' missions are to save the lives of those who suffer, and to refuse treatment is against the law. Here’s one scenario: a frail 90 year old woman who had a heart valve problem. The doctor said the valve had to be replaced otherwise she would die. Her children and relatives wanted her to live. With all hope for her life, surgery was done, but the poor frail old woman passed away after 2 weeks while tubed and wired up, under unconsciousness. She just could not tolerate such drastic surgery. Then came the hospital bill of $250,000. Who pays?  The old lady? The children? Had she wanted to live? She might have thought she would have been better off dead. We don’t know as she was in such a frail distressed condition. That’s when I started thinking that “upon my death I would not like to leave any burden on anyone who survives me. If I ever get sick and can not take care of myself, I would rather end my life! No burden on my wife nor children. I think that’s very fair! I would prepare my will so there would be no probate and those left behind would know what to do”.

I used to think it was taboo to talk about death, and I would be crazy to talk about my own death. But my dear friend with ALS woke me up. It is a good thing to talk about death openly when it is inevitable.

Don’t get me wrong, I am very healthy and mentally sound, but this is a good opportunity to participate in a lively dialog while respecting each other’s thoughts. I am looking forward to the Death Café gathering.

Chuck Endo

ヴィエトナム フォー

１月３１日簡単な夕食　　ヴィエトナム　フォー

What I hear from our daughter-in-law, Ramen(Japanese noodle) restaurants are 

popping up in NY. I see quite few shoppers are buying instant Ramen.
Ramen served in restaurants comes in many flavors and quite tasty. 
Here in Indy, I don't find Ramen restaurants nearby. So we always go to our 
favorite Vietnamese restaurant and have our favorite Pho which is Vietnamese style 

noodle soup. Very, Very tasty!

簡単な夕飯

簡単な夕飯ということでイタリアンペネパスタ、、、、ペネパスタ，ドライ苔、バジルペスト、トマトソース、ドライグリーンオニオンをプレッシャークッカーで１４分で出来上がり。　みかんとアボカドのサラダーーーはい準備できました！

春遠からじ、、、、

あああ、、、今朝庭を見たら枯葉の下に水仙の頭がでていました！　春を待って待ち切れない水仙、、、

ちょっと気の早い水仙ですね、、、、、

写真はスマフォンで。。。

Whenever I see daffodils、the poem by William Wordsworth comes alive. 

I used to memorize his poem.

I wandered lonely as a cloud

That floats on high o'er vales and hills,

When all at once I saw a crowd,

A host, of golden daffodils;

Beside the lake, beneath the trees,

Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine

And twinkle on the milky way,

They stretched in never-ending line

Along the margin of a bay:

Ten thousand saw I at a glance,

Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced; but they

Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:

A poet could not but be gay,

In such a jocund company:

I gazed—and gazed—but little thought

What wealth the show to me had brought:

For oft, when on my couch I lie

In vacant or in pensive mood,

They flash upon that inward eye

Which is the bliss of solitude;

And then my heart with pleasure fills,

And dances with the daffodils.

     

     - William Wordsworth

風車電気発電

巨大な風による電気発電塔が何百個と立っているインデアナのホワイトカウンテイー地区。

３００余個のウインドミルがこの農業地区に立っていて農家は土地を貸して農業以外に収入を

得ている。　太陽光線や風、海の波などからのリサイクルエネルギーは環境問題解決に大きな

影響があることでしょう。

　

I believe that global warming is happening. 

It's imminent that we take a stance the earth we live on is in danger. Anyone can see the factual data

about global warming through the studies published by ethical scientific publications. 

energy creation by wind mills, solar, ocean wave, and hydroelectric power plant

are safe to environmental and atmospheric contamination.