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The Deepening of Time

The time my son endures in his hospital bed…

The time Michelangelo spent hidden in an underground chamber…

The time Chusa Kim Jeong-hui endured in exile on Jeju Island…

These are moments of unavoidable stillness.

What do such times truly mean?

What is it that human beings live by?

Perhaps it is in these pauses that we realize

we have been given—by God—the will

to transform suffering into creation.

To turn pain into meaning.

………..

To turn endurance into light.

This is a time that must be carried slowly and quietly.

Not rushed. Not resisted in anger.

But endured—

until what wounds us begins to shape us.

병상에서 견뎌내는 아들의 시간…

마켈란젤로의 숨어살던 지하방의 시간….

추사 김정희의 제주도 유배시간….

피할수 없는 멈춤의 시간들……

이 시간들은 무엇을 의미하는걸까?
………..

인간은 무엇으로 살아가는 걸까?

인간은 고통을 창조로 바꾸는 의지를 신으로부터 부여받고 있었음을 깨닫는 시간……

이 시간을 천천히 담담히 이겨내야 한다

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