Why do we want to support people who give their all?

Why is that?
I wonder why?

Why is it that we want to
support people who give their all?

In life, everyone has had one or two experiences of witnessing a moment thatstirs the heart.

For example, it might be a stranger of afathersending off his bride in tears at a wedding, ahigh school baseball playerburning with passion in their final summer, aTakanohanaenduring pain and doing his best, arecitalwhere children sing and dance with all their might, or aTanjiro Kamadoswinging his sword to slay demons.

What seems to be common to all of them is"earnestness."When someone's "earnestness" touches our heartstrings, we find ourselves shedding tears, even if it is in the world of fiction.

We are especially moved when we know the process that led to the stage where they display that earnestness.

Why is that?

We unconsciously hold anideal.

If you ask what kind of ideal, it is the ideal that"I want to be earnest."However, I just can't seem to be earnest. I cannot maintain the will to continue doing things, and that final push, that one last step, just doesn't come. Because I am also worried about what others think.

In this world, there are people for whom working earnestly is a matter of course. For them, being earnest is no longer just a "task," but as natural aseating, washing dishes, or brushing their teeth.People for whom being earnest is a daily routine. They are








fathers and mothersworking for their families, theballplayersaiming for their first victory at Koshien, the battered and bruisedYokozunatrying to reclaim ancient Japanese traditions, thechildrenwho do not know how to worry about what others think, and theprotagonistin a fictional world who continues to inspire themselves and their companions.

They cross the walls of logic, rationality, and utilitarianism with ease.
In their dictionary, the words "compromise" and "excuse" do not exist.


Their final push to realize their ideals transcends modern concepts.

Why do we want to
support people who give their all?

It is because we entrust our own ideals to such people.We believe in them and entrust them.They embody the ideal that we should work hard,something we just barely cannot do ourselves.

That is why we want to support people who work hard.

So, I ask myself.

Today, or even before that,
have Iworked hard?

I am far from that ideal.

I still have a long way to go.

From tomorrow, from the day after, from next month, ask yourself: Am I trying to give my all? ask yourself that.

If the answer to this question is YES, then you are fine.

You, me, anyone—anyone can become someone who gives their all at any time. Anyone can become someone who is supported at any time.

It is okay if you are not supported.

I just want to give my all.

Surely, someone will notice.

From tomorrow, from the day after, from next month, am I trying to give my all?

My answer is YES.