The button of hope

The button of hope

We need to pass through many processes before the ideal of a Nation for International Peace and the Environment* is raised in Japan.

For these processes, we would do well to think about the most effective way of proceeding with them at each occasion as changes develop in line with this proposal.

The most important process among them is obviously that the number of proposal supporters needs to increase rapidly.

So how can we increase the number of supporters?

To begin with, do you support the proposal yourself?

Do you think it is difficult to increase the number of supporters of the proposal?

You might feel a little puzzled being asked one question after another in this way.

Let me give my opinion.

First of all, I myself think that we can rapidly increase the number of supporters of the proposal.

The reason is simple. If we think we can’t, then it’s finished.

I’m confident that we can surely find an effective way to do it if we all consider how to, in the belief that we can make it.

Next, I think that it’s easy to increase the number of supporters of the proposal.

The approach does not suggest changing current politics, economy, or anything else right now. Instead of directly touching upon these topics, it only asks “what do you think would be best for the future state of Japan?”

Considering this, isn’t it such an easy thing to support the proposal?

The first stage only requires an increase in the number of supporters.

Once the number of supporters reaches a certain level, various movements arise among them, causing the number of supporters to increase even more.

It’s just like when a small fire starts in a dry, grassy plain where it has hardly rained, and in a moment the fire grows stronger and spreads to cover the whole area.

Simply put, if you think something is “difficult,” it will actually be difficult for you.

Anything, even something possible, cannot be achieved if you’re trying it in a pessimistic mood with negative thoughts, like “Oh, dear! What a pain!”

The key to success is to try to make things work positively, with a bright and cheerful attitude, like “We can’t fail! It’s easy!”

Now you have a button in your hand.

If you press this button, a world of everlasting peace will definitely come true, as if by magic.

I name it a “magic button,” but it may be better to call it a “button of hope.”

Why don’t you press the button of hope one more time at the beginning of the New Year?

Why not let as many people as possible know about the presence of the button of hope this year?

May the New Year be a hopeful year to all that live!

* For full details, please refer to my book:
Shohei Nomura, Beyond National Egoism - The Road to a Nation for International Peace and the Environment (English ver.), Mamizu-Shuppan, 2008

And the Beyond National Egoism NetWork website:
http://beynatego.jimdo.com/