The Decameron
Where does the vitality come from that makes humans smile even in the face of desperate disaster?
📝ONGO's Reflection
One hundred tales shared by young people who fled a Florence draped in the dark shadow of the Black Death. Reading this book for the first time, I marveled that even amid horrific catastrophe, human desire, wit, and laughter never wither. This fierce affirmation of life and hymn to pleasure, refusing to halt even in the face of death, shows what the most human shield against crisis truly is. I came to see that a cheerful tale mocking despair is the finest vaccine of all.
"In this world there is nothing permanent, and things inevitably change."Giovanni Boccaccio, The Decameron
"세상의 모든 일은 끝이 있기 마련이다. 슬픔도 영원하지 않다."
🌱Apply It Today
The harder and more suffocating the situation, the more you should hold on to your sense of humor. Today, share a light, cheerful story with a colleague or family member and have a good laugh together.
