Something I Have Learned Along the Way - Hiroyuki Utsumi

     One of the most impressive things for me among the things I’ve learned so far is this phrase in a part of “Peanut” by Charles Monroe Schulz, “They say the best way is just to live one day at a time...”. 

    

 I learned it in the mathematics class at my junior high school. In the small talk my teacher told us about some of his favorite phrases of the work, like ”You play with the cards you’re dealt. Whatever that means.” , “Well from now on, Linus, think for yourself.. Don’t take any advice from anyone!” and etc.             

     I was very impressed especially with the phrase, because I think of it as a universal principle for us. It says our lives are short, therefore we should enjoy our lives day by day as much as we can, as an old poem by Horace, a poet in the Roman Empire, implies. It is so unforgettable for me.