Things to be treasured (꼭 간직해야 할 것들)

       *At Temple Movie Theatre with my treasures 

                                                          강영은

빠르게 가기보다 

곁길로 가지 않게 하소서 

성공으로 채우려하기 보다 

내 인생에 없어서는 안 될 소중한 것들을 잃지 않게 하소서 

오늘 하루 무엇을 이루었나 생각하기 보다 

사고 없는 평범한 하루를 보내게 하심에 감사하게 하소서 

부모에게 효도하며 잘 하려고 애쓰지 말고 

자식으로서 가장 기본적인 예의를 지키게 하소서 

아이들에게 많은 것을 해주려하기보다 

부모로서 절대로 하지 말아야 할 것을 않하게 하소서 

아이들을 특별하게 잘 키우려 하기 보다 

몸과 마음 영혼이 건강한 아이들로 키우게 하소서 

내 손에 없는 것들에 눈을 돌리기보다 

꼭 잡아야 할 것을 놓치지 않았음에 감사하게 하소서 

한 번 뿐인 인생 다른 것을 잃더라도 

꼭 간직해야 할 것을 놓치지 않게 하소서 

 
Things to be treasured!
                                               Youngeun Joyce Kang

Rather than going fast,

 let me not go astray

Rather than trying to fill my life with success,

  let me not lose the precious things that I must treasure.

Rather than thinking about what I accomplished today,

  let me be thankful for having an ordinary day without any events.

Rather than trying to do many things to my parents, 

 let me observe the most basic manners of their child

Rather than trying to do many things to my children,

 let me avoid doing things that I should never do as their parent.

Rather than trying to raise my children especially,

 let me raise them to have things to be treasured.

Rather than turning my eyes to the things that are not in my hands,

 let me be thankful that I did not lose things that I must hold on to.

I live only once. Even if I lost other things,

 let me not lose things to be treasured.