The year 2020 will be carved into people’s memories as the year of the novel coronavirus pandemic. As we enter the year 2022 the pan-demic is still ongoing, and people all over the world are affected by this unprecedented situation. Despite the danger to their own lives medical and welfare workers continue to respond with a strong sense of mission. And, those who provide the physical labor that is the foundation of everyone’s lives continue their work without com-plaining. Protected by the efforts of these people we have also been challenging ourselves to do everything we can to help control infec-tions and continue learning. People around the world are challenging themselves to deal with the hardships they are facing. They are sharing their wisdom and ex-perience to identify appropriate information, make decisions, and come up with new and effective ways to protect lives and livelihoods. This attitude of striving intersects in many ways with the ideas and educational principles of Dr. Enryō as discussed in this book. Below I would like to discuss three points in connection with this. The first is the humanistic stance of “striving for the sake of oth-ers.” This is precisely what people in the medical and welfare fields do—in addition to all the other people who contribute to sustaining other people’s livelihoods by continuing to produce equipment and materials, as well as those who maintain medical systems and run welfare programs. I am sure there are many others who, seeing these people doing everything they can to help, felt inspired to emulate them. We can also say that the efforts of students to continue with Afterword 199
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