DAY 143
Better a Handful with Quietness
기원전 3세기경 편집 (히브리 지혜문학)
ORIGINAL
טוֹב מְלֹא כַף נָחַת מִמְּלֹא חָפְנַיִם עָמָל
📜 THE VERSE
Better a handful with quietness than two handfuls with toil and chasing after wind.
❓ TODAY'S QUESTION
Trying to fill both hands, am I losing even the quietness of a single hand?
📝Reflection
Two handfuls are more than one. Yet the Preacher says the lesser is better, because he measures not arithmetic but the weight of a life. To fill both hands, you must burn your peace of mind as fuel. It is like the Buddha saying "an empty boat goes swiftly." Having more and being more at ease often lie in opposite directions. The courage to leave one hand empty — that is the wisdom of living without making life heavy. The one who need not clutch everything is, in truth, the richest.
— ONGO · Curator
🌱Apply It Today
If you are straining to "fill both hands" today, set one thing down and put quietness in its place.
📖 Source:
Ecclesiastes 4:6.
히브리어 원전(마소라 본문, PD) + 개역한글판(1961, PD) 참조, ONGO 자체 의역.
This verse is read as universal humanistic wisdom, not religion — no faith is promoted, and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.
This verse is read as universal humanistic wisdom, not religion — no faith is promoted, and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.
