「あなた」が、自分に与えられた一日を精一杯たいせつに過ごせば、世界は70億分の1だけよくなる。そうした人が2人、3人と増えていくにつれて、世界は少しずつよくなっていく、その鍵を握るのが、今日が輝く「10の問いかけ」であり、これを日々、自分自身に問いかけていこう――本書はこうしたメッセージがこめられた、自己啓発的な絵本です。旅人と青年によるストーリーと共に出てくる、「あなたは、今、笑顔ですか？」「あなたにとって、たいせつな人はだれですか？」といった「10の問いかけ」に答えながら読み進めることで、小学高学年から大人まで、老若男女が今日を生きるヒントを自然に得られるように工夫されています。日英完全対訳です。

【英訳】
If you honored your day every day and lived each day mindfully　the world would be better for one-seven-billionth. If two people　three people and even more people tried to do so　the world would become better little by little. The key is “The Ten Questions” to make your day shine　and they are for you to ask every day. This book is a self-enlightening picture book with the above message. People of all ages from the 5th and the 6th graders of elementary schools to adults　both men and women　and　young and old can get some hints to live a better day naturally once they answer to “The Ten Questions” such as “Are you smiling now？”　“Who are those whom you care about？” and so on　as they go through a story of a traveler and a young man. All the content is in both Japanese and English.

『人間を考える』の英文版。社会がグローバル化しさらに混迷が深まり、人々が自らを見失いつつある現代。今こそ、「人間とは何か、いかにいきるべきか」を問いただす時だろう。9歳から実業一筋に歩んできた著者が、様々な人からの意見と自らの経験を交え「人のあり方」を提唱したロングセラーの書。

“Advocating a New View of Humanity” by K. Matsushita、founder of PanasonicHe engaged in business for more than 80 years、since he was nine years old. He thought about man and society through his long business life and experience as well、seeking peace、happiness、and prosperity for the world. This book was originally published in Japanese in 1972、and will give us hints and ideas to the question “What is man and how should he act in society？”. He said、“I have limited my discussion in this volume to what seems to me to be the most basic and important aspects of man. I sincerely hope that this book will make a small contribution to the realization of peace、happiness and prosperity.”