The luggage divided between each other.

 The luggage  divided between each other.

 

This was when Mrs. Pearl Buck, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1933 for her feature novel "The Great Earth," first visited Korea in 1960.

She was passing the Gyeongju country road at sunset with her colleagues.

A farmer was dragging a  cow having the cart. 

The cart was loaded with a little light rice straw, and the farmer carried a separate  rice straw on his Jige.

It was a strange sight for a reasonable person.

It would be very convenient for a farmer to carry his rice straw on a cart instead of carrying it separately...

Through an interpreter, she asked the farmer.

"Why do you have to go without loading the rice straw on the cart?”

Then the farmer replied.

"Hey, how could you do that?

I also worked, but the cows worked hard for a day, so I  share my rice straw.”

She said with admiration what the farmer said.

"I saw everything I wanted to see in Korea because of that scene.

I felt the greatness of Korea just by looking at the farmer helping the cow with the cow's burden."

At that time, it was a common scene in rural areas in Korea. 

After returning to her home country, she confessed that it was the most beautiful scenery in the world.

By the way, how is it nowadays?

Isn't it full of selfish thoughts like "It's okay if it's not me"?

How about sharing each other's luggage and walking together even if I lose a little?

To resemble the consideration of a farmer who considered even an unspeakable animal respectable.

It gives us a strong echo now that we lack consideration.

 

Today's golden saying

The only magic medicine of love that stimulates the heart.

That is a genuine consideration.

– Menandros –