"Life is tough." "Who said life is fair?"
Today one of my elderly lady patients in the hospital told me she won't go through it again
if she is born again. She spent 25 years taking care of her chronically ill husband until
he died. She was admitted a few days ago via the ER because of congestive heart failure,
tachyarrhythmia, bleeding ulcers, etc. and had to undergo cardiac cath., gastroscopy, coloscopy
and still may have to undergo another cardiac procedure. She was last seen by me 5 years ago
when she was doing OK. She forgot about herself for five years because she couldn't
leave her sick husband's bedside. She is 79 years old. She broke down when I saw her on my
rounds. She was sobbing like a child, and then said the above. She said, "Life has been too tough
for me. I won't go through it again even if I am born again." There ain't any answer. Buddha saw it
and left his palace to look for the answer. Right now so much suffering is going on in this world.
There is no end for it. Each of us do what we can to lessen it personally or otherwise.
Thanks, Steven, for reminding us all of one of our own poets whose life was filled with it.

Life is tough,but life is beautiful also !
It depends upon which side you see.

If this old patient of Dr. Lee has taken cared of her ill husband happily,
she might not be sick herself after all.

Life as well as world has never been fair, but it is beautiful to see those
peoples to overcome these adverse situations.

Life is beautiful !

Steven !

Two poems of Han Ha Woon were nicely decorated, somewhat artistically
with appropriate musics. Congratulation ! 규정

괴로움이 견디기가 어려워 목슴을 자진해 끈는 일이
감옥 구치소에서 가끔 생기지요!

전주일엔 간호원이 붙드려 온지 몇시간만에 옆에 있는 공중전화줄로 또 목매달아 타계!

지는 꽃과 生老病死란 자연법측에 너무상심하지 마시요!
어찌보면 황대감 애기대로 생은 보기에 따라 색갈이 달라 보이지 않는가 함?

그러니 괴로운 사람은 한세상 끝나면 천국에 편히 쉰다고 믿으려하고,
어뜬 사람은 죄 안지면, 극락으로 가고, 불연이면 다시 이곳에 고생하러 또온다고 했는가 함!
이래로 한세상, 저래로 한세상이니 너무 슬퍼만 하기엔 생이 너무 귀한가함.

이상하게도 붙들려 오는 사람중 1/3정도는 적극적으로 괴로움을 피하려다 걸려오는 사람들이요!
주로 메타암폐타민, 코카인, 헤로인, .. 남용이 주고!

어덯게 보면 씀바귀나물 씹는것같이 쓴맛에 사는게 인생일수도!

한하운 시인도 그렇게 한세상 살지 안았나 함.

한하운시인의 고통스럽고 불운했던 삶의 한과
가슴저리는 이 시가 너무 가슴아프게 느껴져서
아무말조차 할 수가 없었는데.....

세 박사님들의 enlightening 한 말씀들을 듣고있노라니
마음의 위로?가 많이 되고 차분 해 지는 것 같읍니다.

김박사님,
시와 음악 , 그림과의 coordination이 참 좋은데요.
이 그림의 화가가 누구인지도 알 수 있게하시어 고맙습니다.

예술성이 듬뿍느껴지는 presentation 이군요.