DAY 71

A Cheerful Heart Is Good Medicine

Proverbs 17:22
기원전 10~6세기 편집 (히브리 지혜문학)
ORIGINAL
לֵב שָׂמֵחַ יֵיטִב גֵּהָה וְרוּחַ נְכֵאָה תְּיַבֶּשׁ־גָּרֶם
📜 THE VERSE

A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

❓ TODAY'S QUESTION

Do I tend the temperature of my heart each day, the way I tend my body?

📝Reflection

When the body hurts I take medicine, yet I left the drying heart untended for years. But this old wisdom says the heart itself is the medicine. Anyone who has been ill knows that deep worry withers even the body. It is not about forcing a smile. It is that deliberately gathering one small joy today saves me more than any tonic.

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🌱Apply It Today

Deliberately find one small thing that makes you smile today, and stay inside it for even five minutes.

📖 Source: Proverbs 17:22. 히브리어 원전 + 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.

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