Why are we asking?

The first 10 years of training are hard, the next ten years even harder. And after that it starts to become joyful...

Harada Roshi

I read in the newspaper that more babies are dying. I am not a professional doctor, yet the system has changed. In the old days the baby was delivered at home. The family helped closely, a midwife being there as well. I myself was asked to boil the water when my younger sister was about to be born. There you can experience new life, pure and straight forward, it is a time when your heart beats faster in anticipation. New life being born is wonderful. And this joy in return protects and gives life to the baby.