★☆The Fleeting Arrow of Time☆★

Once, there was a young girl named Rei who loved to watch the sunset every evening.
To her, the days felt endless, as if time moved at a gentle and unhurried pace.
She would sit by the riverbank, watching the golden sun dip below the horizon, dreaming of all the adventures.

As the years passed, Rei became a woman. Her days were now filled with work, responsibilities, and countless tasks.
One evening, she found herself back at the same riverbank where she had used to sit as a child.
The sunset was just as beautiful as she remembered, but something felt different.
She couldn’t help but notice how quickly the sun seemed to sink below the earth, as if racing against time.

In that moment, she realized what her father used to say: “Time flies like an arrow.”
The days of her youth, which had once felt so slow and endless, had shot past her in the blink of an eye.
And though she couldn’t stop the arrow of time, she vowed to cherish every moment it gave her, no matter how fleeting.

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大晦日が訪れ、正月を迎えても、どこか昔のような新鮮さを感じることはなくなった。
年々、時間が流れるのが速く感じ、若い頃のように一年が長く、
そして鮮明に記憶に残ることも少なくなった気がする。

あの頃は、年の初めに感じた希望や期待が、
まるで新しい世界が広がるかのように胸を打ったものだが、
今では、気がつけばすぐに春が来て、夏が過ぎ、秋が終わり、また冬に戻っている。

気づけば1年が、あっという間に過ぎ去ったような感覚になる。
それはまるで、5～6ヶ月が過ぎただけのような錯覚に陥る。

時の流れが速すぎて、正月を迎えてもどこか無感動に感じてしまう自分がいる。
年々、過ぎていく時間があまりにも滑らかに、
そしてあっけなく感じられるのは、単に歳を重ねただけなのか
何かが変わった証なのでしょうか。

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