20231129wed(‘221204sun/入)　今日は “ No news is good news. ” ／ “IF” lurking in my life （A memorandum just for me）

2023/11/30 00:00

No news is good news.
∵ Everything is going as it should and nothing bad has happened. ^^
　　　I can relax now. ^^
　　　I hope my wife is also relaxing at A-EN.
　　　　（However, I somehow feel sorry for my wife.）

Michael Jackson - Heal The World (Piano Cover)

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“IF” lurking in my life （A memorandum just for me）
In my previous blog, I posted a few articles about "IFs" lurking in my life.
About 3 weeks ago, I experienced the worst of my life, so I decided to come clean about the worst as a warning for the future.
And I will change my future “IF” for the better in order to make the rest of my life fruitful!

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“I only live three times” （Speech at Toastmasters Club【Apr. 24, 2012】）
Project No.7 ‘Research Your Topic’ in Competent Communication
Objectives:
>Collect information about your topic from numerous sources.
>Carefully support your points and opinions with specific facts,
examples and illustrations gathered through research.
Time: 5-7min. ±30 sec.
Title: I only live three times

Good evening fellow members and welcome guest.
Do you know “007, you only live twice.”?

In my case, I only live three times.
Tonight, I would like to talk about my experiences “I only live three times”.

Our starting point which exists in this real world began from a miracle.
I was born in 19XX.
It was the probability of 1/hundreds of millions.
And I have overcome many barriers and I am alive now.

However, I had three experiences that I barely escaped death, by the gap of timing.
Even now, I remember it vividly.

The first:
I was walking in the mountain with my friends on the summer vacation of the third grader in an elementary school.
I didn’t notice the old well under much long grass and many withered branches, and I was almost falling into the old well.
Fortunately I was saved barely with only one withered branch.
And then all my friends pulled up me in a hurry.
I shudder only by remembering the incident.
If the withered branch had been thin, it would have broken and I would have fallen into the well.
If my weight had been heavier, the branch would have broken and I would have fallen into the well.
This is the first experience that God helped me.

The second:
When I was the fifth grader in an elementary school, I got interested in a rocket and was playing rocket play in the yard of my house using collar material such as celluloid and gasoline together with my friends.
I stuffed collar material such as celluloid into the metal sacks of pencils, placed it on the cloth into which gasoline soaked, lighted the rocket, and had flown the rocket.
This rocket flew into the distance very well.

However, accidentally I kicked away the bottle containing gasoline on foot, and ignited to the gasoline which fell, and then I had been wrapped in the big flame.
Fortunately, a junior high school student who passed by extinguished fire in a hurry.
I was able to make it secret to my parents, without burning my house.
I shudder only by remembering the incident.
If gasoline had soaked into my clothing at that time, I would have been engulfed in flames.
This is the second experience that God helped me.

The third:
When I was a university student, when returning from my friend's house at midnight by car, I had dozed off while driving a car.
When I noticed “Ha!”, I was running on the opposite lane.
Fortunately, since there were few cars at midnight and the width of the road was wide comparatively, I was saved.
The next instant, I awoke and my heart throbbed.
I shudder only by remembering the incident.
If a dump truck had been coming in the opposite lane at that time, I would have collided head-on with it.
This is the third experience that God helped me.

And I am standing here now. Yes, I am alive now.
I was born by the probability of 1/hundreds of millions, and I am alive, overcoming various difficulties.
This is a miracle.
The average life expectancy of Japanese men is about 80, so I still have a bright future ahead of me!

Ladies and gentlemen!
Let's lead pleasant life positively.

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“IF" in my life”（Speech at Toastmasters Club【Sep. 25, 2012】）
Project No. 9 ‘Persuade with Power’ in Competent Communication
Objectives:
>Persuade listeners to adopt your viewpoint or ideas or to take some action.
>Appeal to the audience’s interests.
>Use logic and emotion to support your position.
>Avoid using notes.
Time: 5-7min. ±30 sec.
Title: "IF" in my life

Good evening fellow members( and welcome guests).

There are many hypothetical stories in our life.
For example,
If Cleopatra's nose was somewhat low, probably, the history in the world might have been changed.
If Oda Nobunaga was not killed by Akechi Mitsuhide, probably, the history of Japan might have been changed. And maybe we are not here.
If Fukushima nuclear power plant fell into meltdown completely without cooling water, probably, all people of Kanto area might have had to evacuate to other areas, or all Japan might have fallen into meltdown.

Ladies and gentlemen!
The word "if" is hidden in our life.

We are here now.
It is realized by the results of having repeated selections of the word "if".
That is, I may consider the following.
“Since I chose that selection at that time, I am here now.
If I made other selection at that time, what happened to me?”
Have you ever thought like this?

I’m not going to use "TA-RA" and "RE-BA", but I may use it so much.
For example,
When my salary was low, if I had found a good job at another company at that time, I･･･.
When I had a quarrel with my wife, if I had married another very kind woman at that time, I･････.
However, if the word "if" is used for the past talk, it will become pitiable or miserable.

On the other hand,
If the word "if" is used for the future talk, this will be considered positively.
That is, in order to lead in the good direction, the word "if" may be used so much.
When I was a development engineer, in order to lead the development to a success, I used the word "if" flow chart positively in the situation analysis and in the simulation.
Or I may do the simulation using the word "if" positively, in order to make my future life more wonderful.
If I use the word "if" flow chart when considering which direction I should choose, I can choose one direction, being convinced. Even if it is wrong.

We die some day.
I would like to progress toward the big target of life which can be regarded as wonderful for myself, going here and there like a pendulum.
At the positive selection, the result will be up.
On the other hand, at the negative selection, the result will be down.

I am working now, and I am trying to increase my pleasure of life more.
And I would like to control the word “if” simulation and increase positive "if" selection.

Ladies and gentlemen,
Let’s use the future word “if” ,not the past word “if”!
Further more,
I would like to utilize the G〇-TMC as one tool which makes my second life fruitful.
And I would like to do the best I can.

If, if, if I become a world champion, I will ･･･････.
Toastmaster!

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Accident【Nov. 10, 2023】
I come clean about that I almost died, if I had not been so lucky.

This accident while traveling at 100km/h on the expressway was definitely a nightmare, but it was a blessing in disguise that I was safe and my car suffered only a few scratches.

As a matter of fact, on my way back to my parents' house, I entered BA Expressway on the way from JO Expressway and was driving safely, but I fell asleep a moment at the wheel and collided with the guardrail on the driver's side in parallel, and I was awakened by the reaction.
Fortunately, I was able to get back on the road right away.
At that time, there was only one other car behind me on the two-lane expressway, and there were no cars in front or in parallel, so I was relieved because I didn't cause any trouble to other cars.

I had signs of getting sleepy while driving, so I tried not to fall asleep until the next service area about 10 km away, where I was going to have lunch, but the more I tried not to fall asleep, the more I felt sleepy.

I think the reason for this is that I was sleep deprived the night before, having slept only 4-5 hours due to chores, and also because I was driving at a speed of 100 km/h with the autocruise control set to easy driving.
As I said, I felt more sleepy because I could drive more easily without worrying about the gas pedal.

No matter how careful I am about driving safely, I am not qualified to drive if I fall asleep at the wheel.
I deeply regret what I did.

If my younger brother, nephew, and daughter found out that I fell asleep on the expressway and crashed into a guardrail, they would say to me, “You should give up driving!”, so I told them a convenient lie as follows.

That is, I lied and said that I had scraped the guardrail because a courier truck was parked on a single narrow road, and although there was a guardrail on the right side of the road, I decided it would be okay and went on my way.
In fact, they believed me because the scratches looked like they scraped the surface of the body and there were not many dents.

However, my younger brother and nephew were quite concerned even with these lies and told my daughter about this, so she gave me a stern warning to refrain from driving far and to use wider roads as much as possible.

Now that I think about it, this accident was truly a blessing in disguise.
If the road had been busy or full of parallel cars, I might have died by now.
I must leave this accident in writing as a reminder to myself to be well aware of my own current situation and to avoid causing misery to those I love.
I am not allowed to leave my wife and go to the other world first. It must not be so.

My brother! My nephew! And my daughter! Please forgive me for lying!