彼は湖のそばに小さな小屋に一人で住んでいた老人でした。彼には家族も友達も趣味もありませんでした。彼は日々を釣りと本を読んで過ごしました。彼は、それが痛みと苦しみに満ちていることを知るのに十分な世界を見ていました。彼は何年も前に自動車事故で妻と息子を失っていました。彼はその悲劇から回復したことがなかった。

ある日、彼は自分の人生を終わらせることにしました。彼は特に誰にも別れを告げるメモを書いて、それを彼のテーブルに残しました。彼は釣り竿を持って湖に歩いた。彼はボートに乗り、水の真ん中にrowぎました。彼は重い岩を足に縛り、船外に投げました。彼は自分が深みに沈んでいるのを感じました。

彼がdrれていたとき、彼は彼の目の前で彼の人生の閃光を見ました。彼は幼少期、両親、学生時代、彼の最初の愛、彼の結婚、彼の息子の誕生、彼の息子の笑い、彼の妻の笑顔、彼らの最後のキス、彼らの葬式、彼の孤独、彼の絶望を見ました。彼は長い間抑圧されていた感情の急増を感じました。

彼は、彼らを失った後、幸福をあきらめることによって彼の人生を無駄にしたことに気づきました。彼は、彼らが彼が再び世界に住んで喜びを見つけることを望んでいたことに気づきました。彼はまだ提供することがたくさんあり、学ぶべきことがたくさんあることに気づきました。彼は、その困難にもかかわらず、人生は貴重で美しいことに気づきました。

彼は生きたかった。

彼は岩から自分自身を解放するのに苦労しましたが、手遅れでした。彼の肺は水で満たされ、意識を失いました。

彼は人々に囲まれた海岸で目が覚めた。彼らは笑顔で彼を応援していました。彼らは彼に彼が湖に落ちて、ちょうど彼を救助したのを見たと彼に言った。彼らは彼に彼が大丈夫かどうか、そして何が起こったのかと尋ねました。

彼は感謝と不思議に彼らを見ました。彼は、彼が何年も感じていなかった彼の心に暖かさを感じました。

彼は彼らに微笑んで言った：

「今は大丈夫です。」

彼はこれが彼にとって新しい始まりであることに気づきました。

彼はこれが人生の意味であることに気づきました。
He was an old man who lived alone in a small cabin by the lake. He had no family, no friends, no hobbies. He spent his days fishing and reading books. He had seen enough of the world to know that it was full of pain and suffering. He had lost his wife and son in a car accident many years ago. He had never recovered from that tragedy.

One day, he decided to end his life. He wrote a note saying goodbye to no one in particular and left it on his table. He took his fishing rod and walked to the lake. He got into his boat and rowed to the middle of the water. He tied a heavy rock to his feet and threw it overboard. He felt himself sinking into the depths.

As he was drowning, he saw flashes of his life before his eyes. He saw his childhood, his parents, his school days, his first love, his marriage, his son's birth, his son's laughter, his wife's smile, their last kiss, their funeral, his loneliness, his despair. He felt a surge of emotions that he had suppressed for so long.

He realized that he had wasted his life by giving up on happiness after losing them. He realized that they would have wanted him to live on and find joy in the world again. He realized that he still had so much to offer and so much to learn. He realized that life was precious and beautiful despite its hardships.

He wanted to live.

He struggled to free himself from the rock but it was too late. His lungs filled with water and he lost consciousness.

He woke up on a shore surrounded by people. They were smiling and cheering for him. They told him that they had seen him fall into the lake and rescued him just in time. They asked him if he was okay and what had happened.

He looked at them with gratitude and wonder. He felt a warmth in his heart that he had not felt for ages.

He smiled back at them and said:

"I'm okay now."

He realized that this was a new beginning for him.

He realized that this was the meaning of life.