Serene state of mind

　　　　　

1. As is already reported, the number of childbirths keeps on declining for years.
Authorities and media focus only on social and economic background, usually concluding in blaming on women.
However, aren't they paying attention on biological factor?
When I read about organofluoride compounds pollution on a magazine, I thought of such things.
A family moved to a provincial city from Capital prefecture, and since then, the wife experienced miscarriage several times.
Later, organofluoride compounds was detected from the source of water service in this Town, and the concentration was so high that the Water department warned not to drink tap water.
-While this might be an extreme example, have people forgotten making a fuss about dioxin pollution called environment hormone a quarter century ago?

2. It's true that massive earthquake can happen anytime and anywhere in our country.
Also, preparing for natural disasters is necessary
At the same time, what if the prospect of massive earthquake disaster in the close future makes our nation pessimistic all the more?
-Such as:
No matter how hard they work, upcoming earthquake disaster would destroy everything, so endeavor is no use,
Or upcoming earthquake disaster would be their end anyhow, so it would be better to live happily in the present,
Or it would be better off to perish by the earthquake disaster than suffering as victims for the lest of their lives ...
-Although Needless to say, there are sources of despair that are much more urgent and serious; nationwide financial decline, heavy tax, peer pressure under mutual surveillance society, mother-hostile social culture and so on ...the list could be a mile long.

3. Last autumn, Husband took up practicing Karate.
He said that he decided to train his mind and body after he experienced some troubles at work.
Following him, I decided to start practice a combative sport, and searched several sports and training halls until I came to a toss-up between Karate and Capoeira.
Why? In addition to stamina to get over asthma, I was intended to gain skills to act open with people.
But I'm not ready to reveal which one I selected, because less than one month since I started to practice, I got injured and currently I cannot take part in lessons.
According to one estimate, Karate is said to have come to be as the art of self-defense among general public in the westernmost Prefecture in our country.
Capoeira is said to be originally the means to practice military arts for slaves in order to protect themselves from their owner's violence in colonial age of Brazil; they performed music and disguised like dancing, which I learned as studying Portuguese.
Currently, some people who practice martial arts want to gain physical skills to protect themselves.
As is reported, recently, laborers go broke due to low-wage job and leap to recruitment for burglars and swindlers, expecting quick profit.
Also, low-down elderly men frequent who enjoy fulfilling their sense of superiority by banging into weaker people, mainly young women.
Unless various source of despair like which is mentioned on upper paragraph is solved, our state will be no safe anymore,
And all the general public may have to learn art of self-defense -for example, teaching at P.E. classes in school
-Is our state retrogressing to the age when the origin of Karate and Capoeira came to be?
 
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