DAY 187
What Is a Human Being
기원전 10~5세기
ORIGINAL
מָה־אֱנוֹשׁ כִּי־תִזְכְּרֶנּוּ
📜 THE VERSE
In all this vastness, what is a human being, that it should be remembered and held in mind at all?
❓ TODAY'S QUESTION
Am I insignificant, or am I precious — and are those two truly opposites?
📝Reflection
Before the stars the poet feels two things at once: I am as small as dust, and yet I am remembered. This contradiction is the heart of the human condition. I am a speck of cosmic dust, and at the same time the only speck that counts the dust. This song comforts not by inflating me into something grand, but by saying smallness and preciousness can travel together. To be small was never the same as to be worthless. Small as I am, I could still be entirely worth keeping.
— ONGO · Curator
🌱Apply It Today
When you feel small today, repeat once: "small and precious are not opposites."
📖 Source:
Psalm 8:4.
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.
This verse is read as universal humanistic wisdom, not religion — no faith is promoted, and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.
