Speaking of Thales, one of the seven sages of ancient Greece, he was the philosopher and preached that source of all things is water. It was said that when Thales watched the ancient Olympics game, he died from heat stroke. The verse of poet posterity remained.
Everything is made from water and end up in water. It was ironic that Thales, who studied a sense of nature, died of dehydration.
The sun's so hot there, but do not lose the sun of the East. I wrote in this column a while back, "without the voice of the cicada and the summer sun, somewhere lonely". I haven't provoked, but the heat wave continues across the country.
It's frightening to become accustomed. We are not surprised to hear extremely hot day. Even the brain is also familiar, but body takes an honest temperature. Without guard, we have to protect ourselves with the necessary hydration. Appropriate amount of salt is essential for normal, which tends to be hostile.
I found memories of dried plum juice in the column of Tokyo's voice. Crushing ume and putting sugar, and pouring cold water from a well. In the age of no refrigerator nor fan, my mother had served this juice to the letter-carrier who distributed letters in a bicycle under the hot sun. They surpassed the summer with wisdom and compassion.
When Wise man Thales was asked what was the most difficult, he replied, "To know myself". Safe guard yourself that is also true for the case of heatstroke. To be timid is just good.
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