섹션8 책리뷰 "이솝우화 - 여우와 신포도"

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 이솝우화 - 여우와 신포도

We always have many choices in life. One of the most important choices we have that we often don’t think of, is how we choose to see the world. Recently I read Aesop’s Fable about the fox and the grapes and I was reminded of this. The fox is hungry and sees some ripe grapes hanging from a branch. The fox tries with all her might to get the grapes but they are out of reach. When the fox realizes she cannot get them she becomes angry and thinks to herself: “Those grapes are sour anyways,” and then she moves on.

Are the grapes sour?

This particular fox chooses to see the grapes as sour and in the world she lives in the grapes will be sour. In everyday life when we try our hardest and still meet failure we usually, without thinking, react with some negative emotion. This negative emotion is a choice. We choose this negative emotion because it impels us to action. In the case of the fox, her anger impels her to leave the grapes and move on to something new.

We do not control where we will succeed and fail in life. We do control how we emotionally react.

Many times in life we will meet situations where we achieve our goals or fail to achieve our goals. Consider that the stories that we tell ourselves will define who we are as people and will also define the world we live in.

- Kyle (사곡초등학교 원어민 교사) -

이 글은 캐나다 출신 친구인 Kyle이 이솝우화 중 ‘여우와 신포도’에 대한 본인의 생각을 제게 나누어준 이야기입니다. 이 이야기의 일반적 교훈(?)과는 또 다른 느낌과 나름의 교훈을 찾아 함께 고민해보자며 제게 들려주었습니다. 저 역시 여러분들의 삶에 나누며 함께 고민해보고자 이렇게 전해드립니다.

“그 포도는 정말 신포도이었을까요?”

- 육형준  기자 -

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지난 여름호에 넣으려다가 마지막에 빠진 글입니다^^
이번 가을호에 영화리뷰보다 연령대별 책리뷰를 해 보자는 이준엽집사님의 말씀에
20대 ㅎㅎ Kyle이 쓴 이솝우화에 관한 이야기를 실어보려합니다^^