<지공의 7가지 생활수칙, Ways of Living for the'G-Gong' Aged>

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2006.02.10.자
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 <지공의 7가지 생활수칙>

지공의 나이에 생활의 활력을 불어넣기 위하여 거론되고 있는 7가지 방안들을 집약해 봄.
(지공은 지하철을 공짜로 타는 65세이상 등의 승객들을 일컷는 최신 우리말 속어임)


1. cheer up: 긍정적이고 낙천적인 사고
2. clean up: 정리정돈과 주변의 청결 실천
3. dress up: 단아한 용모와 단정한 복장의 생활화
4. get up early: 적당한 운동을 수반한 일찍자고 일찍 일어나기
5. give up: 불필요한 사항의 조기단념과 망각
6. show up: 도움이 될 만한 일에는 집중적인 에너지투입
7. shut up: 많이듣고 이해한 후 심사숙고한 의견을 품위있게 진술.
젊고 희망찬 지공의 인생살이는 위의 7가지 생활수칙을 지공 스스로 과감하게 실천을 하느냐 여부에 그 성패의 관건이 달려 있음

Ways of Living for the'G-Gong' Aged
 
 

By Lee Sun-ho
How to upgrade the quality of living manners for the age-grade called `g-gong’ generation in this radically changing digital era? That is the current question expecting different kinds of reasonable answers in my surroundings nowadays. The word, ‘g-gong’ represents an abbreviated, sarcastic Korean colloquialism denoting ‘subway-fare free passengers over the age of 65,’ like myself, unique in Korea on the global village. My contemporaries, belonging to the (mostly) retired `g-gong’ age group, tend to pay more attention to various solutions to the advisable posture up-heaving their life behaviors than ever before.
 

Such solvable answers can easily be referred to sporadic dialogs and discussions among my `g-gong’ comrades based on their own empirical tests or experiences. To me, such rules of conduct in life can, at times, be tossed around either through Web sites or from mass media reports and broadcasting. I would like to alphabetically combine and visualize seven `up` living indicators for the benefit of leveling `g-gong’s’ life ethics, as far as my rough choice is concerned.

1. `Cheer up’ is the first element I recommend to my `g-gong’ companions as a road to make themselves feel joyful and gay for entertaining the game of living. Even though each `g-gong’s’ life is yet full of unknown joy, anger, grief, and pleasure, his fortune is destined to be limited until the end of life. Whatever obstacles lie ahead, it’s better for him to be always affirmative and optimistic than vice versa, having an unfailing childlike appetite for what’s next, with humor, smile, and wit.

2. The second proposal I point out is `clean up.’ My `g-gong’ friends should be steady sweepers for keeping their mind, body, and circumstances neat and clean to prevent from exposing themselves to any mean-spirited appearance and character. It is of no use for them to start any unfruitful efforts that are hardly to be done, for example, breeding new pets, collecting unimportant things, meddling in helpless affairs. Anything burdensome to children or grandchildren, such as pictures, books, plaques, or second-hand apparel, need to be daringly arranged and disposed of.

3. The third term I select is `dress up,’ meaning making things look better with the freshness of the deep springs of life. I don’t imply gorgeous and expensive attire and shoes. I offer the `g-gong’ must be well dressed of decent appearance, irrespective of brand-new or second-hand. The `g-gong’ should often change underwear. Years may wrinkle the skin in appearance but such enthusiasm for being neatly-dressed may lessen wrinkling his soul.

4. The fourth booster for my fellow `g-gong’ individuals to vitalize the principle of their daily living is `get up’ early, I believe. I mean the early-bird rises at least at seven o’clock in the morning upon sleeping off their fatigue following moderate regular exercise. It is a convenient tool for good health by means of the upgraded way of self-treatment of physical as well as mental conditions. By throwing away time-honored unsound habits around, my ‘g-gong’ associates can find better prescriptions of making life easier. Whether one is over 65 or below 15, there is in every human being’s heart the lure of wonder.

5. ‘Give up’ unimportant matters is the fifth expression‎ for the ‘g-gong’ people, I presume. It is wise for any ‘g-gong’s’ to distinguish fairly between do’s and dont’s in their self-judgment. It must be absurd to regret meaningless efforts over and over again. ‘Giving up’ for the lost and disconnected makes right profits so as to preserve more energy within the limited bowl for compromising and negotiating many give-and-take human affairs.

6. ‘Show up’ is the sixth suggestion for the ‘g-gong’ members, catching up vigorous living activities as young as they are. They need not to be shrunken for joining any get-togethers with their colleagues in order not to be behind the times around them, as far as their mind and body are good for health. They can still shoot for a moving target by finding out emotional solutions to faithfully create identity, i.e., helping other people, combining more functions, communicating a quality of imagination with confidence, etc. The ‘g-gong’ persons may potentially participate in what they can do as social components by way of understanding the needs of the real world with a sense of gratitude.

7. One additional good word to protect the ‘g-gong’ group’s ideas and forecasting is ‘shut up,’ I am convinced. I don’t stress that they should be exclusively taciturn. The ‘g-gong’ persons have to listen carefully by the virtue of modesty, and try to comprehend thoroughly the emerging trends of growing generations as much as possible. In the center of many ‘g-gong’s’ heart, there is a wireless station. Unless they adhere to and take actions properly with praising dialogs in encouraging language, they can hardly express their own animated viewpoints fruitfully with full of suggestions.

The success of the wishful application to the above-mentioned seven desirable life guidelines of making the age of ‘g-gong’ into the age of hope in the rest of ‘g-gong’s’ lifetime depends entirely on their own tangible day-to-day efforts for practice. As long as the ‘g-gong’ aerials are up to each wave of rose-colored positive attitude toward keeping such population young through self-help, happiness shines on the face of ‘g-gong’ individuals, I imagine. Otherwise, ‘g-gong’ people grow old not merely by a number of years, but also by deserting ideals and enthusiasm to be dynamic and young.

The writer is an outside director of Kukdong Oil & Chemicals in Yangsan City, South Kyongsang Province, and concurrently a member of the Deliberation Committee on Investment and Fund Operations of the Korea Railroad Corporation in Daejon Metropolitan City.

kexim2@unitel.co.kr

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