ニック、30歳のお誕生日に「幸せとは何か」という地球一壮大なテーマを取り上げてくれてありがとう笑 過程は全部すっ飛ばして結論だけ言います。私だけではなくおそらく人類にとって、「幸せ」とは、 “to be able to love and to be loved”(愛し、愛されているという実 感) それに尽きると思います。 親子でも夫婦でも友だちでも恋人同士でも。変わりません。
Hi Nyk, Thanks for picking up deep topics. I'm nowhere near bilingual like you but since I saw your interviews with Matt, Arthur and korekara guys recently, I've been following you. I’m obviously late for the party but I’m so glad I was able to find you!! I gave up becoming really fluent in English but because of you I stopped being lazy and started learning the language again. thanks for reigniting my motivation! Just getting back to the topic, for me, my ideal family would be that there's a sense of security and respect, and parents get on well and are always there for their children emotionally. While it's not a specific issue in Japan, I feel that not many of us realise that there are some dysfunctional elements in a family. Nowadays parenting books and references are widely accessible in the west but it's still not the case in Japan. And unless we catch this pattern and stand up to break the cycle, we could just carry on the same pattern and end up passing on to our own kids eventually without knowing it. I guess there are so many layers to this challenge but I think gender inequality and shame based culture has made the situation in Japan unique. It's always a mixed bag of happy and not that happy families regardless of countries and societies but living outside the country, now I can see it more clearly. You touch on really important topics that not many dare to talk about specially in Japanese. so I hope your work keeps providing a platform for discussions for people of all ages and genders. Keep up the good work! (I have one request! I'm aware that you have a lot to do and how tiresome what I'm asking for would be. But as someone who is learning English, if EN subtitles were available in your videos like in your own words in English, that'd be really helpful!)