女性の英会話劇場Woman's Story

Maria is asking her friend Sharon about yoga.

Maria: How are your yoga lessons going? You haven’t quit, have you?

Sharon: No, you can’t believe it, can you? You have a good reason to assume yoga would turn out as one of the many fads I’ve been through. But it’s different. I can tell. You want to know why?

Maria: OK. Tell me.

Sharon: You see, yoga isn’t all about breathing and posing. It involves one’s lifestyle, too.

Maria: What do you mean?

Sharon: Yogis are supposed to do their best to lead calm, peaceful life. Suppose you’re in a packed train, and a man bumps into you without saying sorry. This could annoy you, because you think the man’s impolite. But wait a minute. Is he really being impolite? He might be too tired or sick to apologize. You never know. By assuming he’s tired, you can be stress-free. Isn’t it nice to live without many unnecessary tsks simply by looking at things from a different perspective?

Maria: Umm…interesting. But don’t you think that way of looking at things could be a little arrogant? In other words, you feel “sorry” for those who you know nothing about.

Sharon: There exists no absolute truth. Every event involves people’s interpretation. That’s why yoga experts suggest, why don’t we look at things so as to keep ourselves calm?