Morning chanting of daimoku 10,000 times, 587th time: Am I a comet rushing forward in a straight line? There is still a mission I must accomplish! If you realize this, the new challenge is how to control it. It's daimoku!

During the fierce days of December, I underwent emergency surgery on the 6th and then completed the battles that had to be fought afterwards. I poured all my energy into the final roundtable discussion of the year, but my health suddenly took a turn for the worse, as if I had burned out.

What I forgot was the "elderly" description that I filled out during the surgery, and I realized that I was an elderly person! Am I a comet, rushing forward in a straight line? I still have a mission to accomplish! If I realize this, then my new challenge is how to control it. That's the theme!