Henri. J.M Nouwen <Bread for the Journey> 4th Feb
Interpreter Rev. Kwangyoung Kim
Becoming Kind
Kindness is a beautiful human attribute. When we say, "She is a kind person" or "He surely was kind to me," we express a very warm feeling, In our competitive and often violent world, kindness is not the most frequent response. But when we encounter it we know that we are blessed. Is it possible to grow in kindness, to become a kind person? Yes, but it requires discipline, To be kind means to treat another person as your "kin," your intimate relative. We say, "We are kin" or "He is next of kin." To be kind is to reach out to someone as being of "kindred" spirit.
Here is the great challenge: All people, whatever their color, religion, or sex, belong to humankind and are called to be kind to one another, treating one another as brothers and sisters. There is hardly a day in our lives in Which we are not called to this.
# attribute - to say or believe that sth is the result of a particular thing 속성
# kin - your family or your relatives 친척
친절한 자가 되기
여기 거대한 도전이 있다. 모든 사람들, 그들의 색깔이나, 종교나, 성별이 무엇이든 인류에 속해 있고 우리는 또 다른 사람의 종류로 부를 수 있거나, 또 다른 형제나 자매로 다루어 질 수 있다. 거의 우리가 이것을 요청하지 못하는 우리 삶의 날이 있다.