We are currently engaging in the activities that are conducted in anticipation of the 140th Anniversary of Oyasama. I am sure that each and every one of you have made resolutions and are devoting your efforts to that end day and night. What a pleasure it would be to see your efforts bloom in January of the 189th Year of Tenrikyo as a reward given by Oyasama. Even if the objectives set through these resolutions are not achieved, I firmly believe that Oyasama will, in a different form, reward us for taking the first steps onto the path of spiritual maturity. I trust that those of us who fol...