DAY 287
Do Not Let Your Left Hand Know
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ORIGINAL
μὴ γνώτω ἡ ἀριστερά σου τί ποιεῖ ἡ δεξιά σου
📜 THE VERSE
When you give, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret.
❓ TODAY'S QUESTION
When I do a good deed, how much of it is mixed with a wish to be noticed?
📝Reflection
It is natural to want a good deed to be known. But the moment that wish enters, the deed serves two purposes at once — helping someone, and making oneself look good. This verse asks us to strip away the second. A good deed done with no one watching leaves no room for calculation. When neither reward nor recognition is expected, the act remains in its purest form. Secrecy here is not concealment but a way of keeping a good deed clean.
— ONGO · Curator
🌱Apply It Today
Do one small good deed today quietly, telling no one about it.
📖 Source:
Matthew 6:3-4.
그리스어 원전(Westcott-Hort 1881) + 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.
