あなたはひとりぼっちじゃない

3-2-1: Focusing on what you can control, the value of small contributions, and daily habits

"Information helps you to see that you’re not alone. That there’s somebody in Mississippi and somebody in Tokyo who all have wept, who’ve all longed and lost, who’ve all been happy. So the library helps you to see, not only that you are not alone, but that you’re not really any different from everyone else. There may be details that are different, but a human being is a human being."

Author and poet Maya Angelou
Source: Interview: Maya Angelou with The New York Public Library

「情報は教えてくれる、あなたは決してひとりぼっちじゃないと。ミシシッピの誰かさんも東京の誰かさんも同じ。ある人は泣きはらし、ある人は待ち焦がれて失って、ある人はとっても幸せ。図書館に行けばあなたはひとりぼっちじゃないこと、みんなたいしてかわらないことを本が教えてくれる。細かいことは色々違うかもだけど、人ってやっぱり人なんだ」