내 가르침은 사랑이어라!
가르침은 이렇게 어려운 것이야.
사랑도 이와 같아 무지 어려운 것이지.
어떻게 사랑할지 몰라서
서로 미워하는 것은 아닌지?
그래서 평생 가르침을 배우고
또 평생 사랑을 향해 지치지 않는
발걸음으로 내달려가는거야.
그래도 못다 이루는 것이 가르침과 사랑이지. 그래서 늘 후회와 회환으로 남는 게지.
이제는 저 멀리 보이지 않는 나라로
날아 가버린 가르침과 사랑,
인생의 먼 뒤안길에서 그리움으로
추억으로 새가 되어 하늘을 방황하며
날아 다닌다.
나의 가르침이여, 오 나의 사랑이여.
마지막 숨이 되어 영원한 생명가치로
거듭나게 하라.
♡도천 곽계달♡
ㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡ
“An old man meets a young man who asks:
“Do you remember me?”
And the old man says no. Then the young man tells him he was his student, And the teacher asks:
“What do you do, what do you do in life?”
The young man answers:
“Well, I became a teacher.”
“ah, how good, like me?” Asks the old man.
“Well, yes. In fact, I became a teacher because you inspired me to be like you.”
The old man, curious, asks the young man at what time he decided to become a teacher. And the young man tells him the following story:
“One day, a friend of mine, also a student, came in with a nice new watch, and I decided I wanted it.
I stole it, I took it out of his pocket.
Shortly after, my friend noticed the his watch was missing and immediately complained to our teacher, who was you.
Then you addressed the class saying, ‘This student’s watch was stolen during classes today. Whoever stole it, please return it.’
I didn’t give it back because I didn’t want to.
You closed the door and told us all to stand up and form a circle.
You were going to search our pockets one by one until the watch was found.
However, you told us to close our eyes, because you would only look for his watch if we all had our eyes closed.
We did as instructed.
You went from pocket to pocket, and when you went through my pocket, you found the watch and took it. You kept searching everyone’s pockets, and when you were done you said ‘open your eyes. We have the watch.’
You didn’t tell on me and you never mentioned the episode. You never said who stole the watch either. That day you saved my dignity forever. It was the most shameful day of my life.
But this is also the day I decided not to become a thief, a bad person, etc. You never said anything, nor did you even scold me or take me aside to give me a moral lesson.
I received your message clearly.
Thanks to you, I understood what a real educator needs to do.
Do you remember this episode, professor?
The old professor answered, ‘Yes, I remember the situation with the stolen watch, which I was looking for in everyone’s pocket. I didn’t remember you, because I also closed my eyes while looking.’
This is the essence of teaching:
If to correct you must humiliate; you don’t know how to teach.”
