Better and Better - 常に向上

Reflecting on my life at 10, and subsequently decade by decade, I am awed that, despite the occasional dips due to inevitable casualties big and small, it has been to my great satisfaction a consistent upward progress to this day at 80, blessed with fewer and fewer miseries, or perhaps, a wiser outlook on life as I grew older.

過去を顧みて、10歳の時、そしてその後10年毎の人生を思い出すに付け、驚くべきは、免れない大小の災害による時折の降下にも拘らず、不幸な事が少なくなって行ったのか、或は年の功で人生の見解がひらけたのか、全体には常に上昇で80歳に至り満足したりという次第です。