DAY 153
Sorrow Is Better Than Laughter
기원전 3세기경 편집 (히브리 지혜문학)
ORIGINAL
טוֹב כַּעַס מִשְּׂחוֹק כִּי־בְרֹעַ פָּנִים יִיטַב לֵב
📜 THE VERSE
Sorrow is better than laughter, for by a sad face the heart is made better.
❓ TODAY'S QUESTION
Do I treat sorrow only as something to avoid, missing the moments it deepens me?
📝Reflection
The Preacher does not glorify sorrow. He simply sees that sorrow does what laughter cannot. Shallow pleasure stays on the surface, but deep sorrow scours the floor of the heart and makes us humble and true. We know that one who has suffered loss grows warmer. It is like the Buddha saying awakening begins in facing suffering directly. Let us not force laughter over sorrow to cover it. Some sorrow comes not to break us but to deepen us. A heart that has passed through tears is wider.
— ONGO · Curator
🌱Apply It Today
If you have been pushing away a sorrow, ask it quietly: "What have you come to deepen in me?"
📖 Source:
Ecclesiastes 7:3.
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.
