A Strange Ambition to Live Longer Than Everyone

Yesterday, while we were driving to Tokyo, my wife started talking about a YouTube video by Usagi Nakamura.

Usagi Nakamura has gone through many illnesses.

Apparently, she once collapsed and lost consciousness, and it would not have been strange if she had died.

In that video, someone had asked about end-of-life planning.

They had bought an end-of-life notebook, thinking they would begin preparing.

But when they actually tried to write in it, their body froze with fear of death.

In the end, they could not continue writing.

That was the question.

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In response, Usagi Nakamura said that she does not really have fear of death, or much attachment to life.

When she once collapsed and later regained consciousness, she apparently thought,

“Why didn’t I die?”

Depending on how you look at it, that may be an ideal way to die.

Not spending years bedridden.

Not suffering endlessly.

Just losing consciousness, and quietly going to the other side.

My wife strongly agreed with that.

And I felt I understood it a little too.

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I myself do not have much fear of death.

I have experienced the death of family members.

I have also encountered the death of clients.

Because of my work, when I look at the body, life and death always seem to be somewhere next to each other.

That does not mean I have gotten used to death.

It does not mean I am not sad.

But I do not feel the need to push death away more than necessary.

And I do not have a strong attachment to life either.

I want to stay young forever.

I must live as long as possible.

To be honest, I never really had that feeling.

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But recently, something has begun to change.

There are people who, in some way, count on my existence.

KaradaNaoru exists.

There are people who feel,

“If I can come here, maybe something will be okay.”

Someone once told me,

“Just knowing this place exists gives me strength.”

When I hear that, I feel I cannot die so easily.

I have no attachment to life.

And yet, I want to live longer than anyone.

Recently, I have started to have this slightly strange ambition.

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The people around me.

The people I care about.

The clients I have been fortunate enough to meet.

If possible, I want to see them all through.

I want them to stay well until the end.

I want them to live with less pain, less suffering, and more of their own true rhythm.

For that, I also need to keep my own body in good condition.

The phrase “health and longevity” can sound a little grand.

But for me now, it has become something quite urgent.

I want to live long.

Not only for myself.

I want to have a body that can support someone else’s health for as long as possible.

That is what I have come to feel.

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