0 친구가 상 받은 날The day a friend won
A friend wins a prize. You clap — and your stomach twists a little. Only you? No. Me too, grown-ups too. Every friend-mind has a name, and every one ends in 心: 童心, 競爭心, 猜忌心, 同情心. One rule today: read the last character.
- 친구 사이 마음 = 전부 心
- 비밀은 낱말 끝에 있어요
1 동심 — 모래밭 친구童心 — sandbox friends
The first friend is a childhood friend — five, six years old. That mind is 童心, the mind of a child: no winning, no losing. Did you ever count who was better? No. Digging in the same sandbox — that was a friend. Then school starts, and one more mind appears.
- 童心 = 어린아이의 마음
- 이기고 지는 게 없던 친구
2 경쟁심 — 두 사람이 나란히競爭心 — two people side by side
競爭心 — the mind to beat someone. Sounds bad. Should we get rid of it? No. Look at 競: the old gloss reads it as two people standing side by side — not back to back. Think of a track. You run in the next lane. Ever run alone? Your time gets worse. Someone beside you makes your legs faster. So 競爭心 is not beating a friend — it is running beside one.
- 競 = 두 사람 나란히 📖
- 이기는 마음이 아니라, 같이 달리는 마음
3 시기심 — 옆만 보면 발이 걸린다猜忌心 — look sideways and you trip
While running you keep glancing sideways. A friend pulls ahead — it stings. That is 猜忌心, envy. Does it make you bad? No. Everyone has it, me too. The one who never envies is the one who never runs. Parents: a child who envies a friend is a child who is running. One problem: turn your head sideways mid-run and you trip. Watch the side, lose the front. So — eyes forward, and run beside again.
- 猜忌心 — 옆을 보다 앞을 놓친다
- 샘내는 아이 = 달리고 있는 아이
4 동정심 — 같은 마음으로 옆에 앉기同情心 — sitting beside, same mind
Now a friend falls. 同情心 — sympathy. People say do not pity me, as if it looks down. Is it a bad word then? No. 同 means same: same mind. Not from above — sitting beside, becoming the same mind: I fell too. Back on that track: sit down next to the fallen friend, before pulling them up. That is 同.
- 同 = 같을 동
- 내려다보기가 아니라, 옆에 앉기
5 나란히 달리는 사람The one who runs beside you
Old friends have 以心傳心 — mind passed to mind, no words needed. Recap, one card each: 童心 the sandbox mind, 競爭心 running beside, 猜忌心 losing the front by watching the side, 同情心 sitting beside, 以心傳心 understanding without words. All five end in 心. That friend who won today — smile first, even if it stings: it means you are running. A friend is not the one who wins, but the one who runs beside you.
- 童心 · 競爭心 · 猜忌心 · 同情心 · 以心傳心
- 친구는 나란히 달리는 사람