When I was young, I would go to the bookstore and I would hear a voice from the book saying to me, "Read me".

I feel like there were a lot of "hits" in the books I bought that way.

However, when I tell others about this 'call from the book', it's quite popular. It's quite common to get people to agree with me.

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I have not heard the "voice of the book" as such these days.

There are many factors, including, "I don't go to bookstores anymore", "The bookstores come to disappear", and "easy to order from Amazon", however the main reason is

"I stopped the adventure"

I get "tired" of new ideas and opinions that go against my ideas already entrenched in my mind.

This phenomenon is called "conservatism" in a clean word, "aging" in a dirty word, or "degeneration" in a blunt word.

It means I'm in that phase, too.

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I found a comic called "Yankee and the White walking stick Girl" through an ad on the web, and I read a sample version. It's been a long time since I felt "called out of the book" and I ordered it from Amazon as soon as possible.

The comic arrived today, and after reading it in full, I was shocked.

I feel "punched" by my own desperate lack of knowledge about the visually impaired.

Data and calculations are not enough to understand "persons with disabilities"

Even "consideration" and "goodness" and "kindness" aren't enough.

In order to understand "persons with disabilities", I was keenly aware that by living in the everyday life with the persons, I can finally take the first step.

The main reasons why people with various "inconveniences" feel inconvenienced by society are

"Our "lack of study" and "lack of practice" in dealing with "social inconvenience"

and

"We am shifting the blame for that "lack of study" and "lack of practice" to my environment."

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However, I can't be responsible for all the inconveniences (and absurdities) in the world, and I don't think that's possible.

I also find it hopelessly difficult to spontaneously start studying and practicing what is "not" in my environment.

Therefore, I don't intend to force them on myself or others.

However, if there is a "thing" approaching me, whether by chance or by luck, I try to keep an eye on it.

And when I find it, I tell myself to put it into practice right away.

In the face of the aspiration to "know," "understand," "study," and "practice," technical books, articles, anime, and manga-comics are all equal.

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I'm grateful for the "encounter" that the comic "Yankee and the White walking stick Girl" just happened to have on my side.