344. 함께 가야 할 동반자

함께 가야 할 동반자♡

 
골프에서 함께 공을 치는 네(4) 사람을 한 팀이나 한 조라고 하지 않고 동반자라고 부른다.

아마 5시간 이상을 함께 한 방향으로 가야 하고, 공감해야 할 사람들이기 때문인 것 같다.

순전히 내 생각이지만 좋은 골프장보다 좋은 동반자와 함께 할 때,
훨씬 편하고 즐겁다.

심판이 없는 유일한 스포츠 골프는 예절과 공정이 몸에 베인 동반자가 매우 중요한 것 같다는 생각이다.

영국의 한 신문사에서 퀴즈를 냈다. 
‘런던에서 맨체스터로 가장 빨리 가는 방법은 무엇인가?’

두둑한 상금 욕심에 많은 사람이 응모에 나섰다.

물리학자, 수학자, 설계사, 회사원, 학생들이 저마다 기발한 해답을 제시했다.

하지만 수많은 경쟁자를 제치고 1등을 차지한 답안은 이러했다.

‘좋은 친구와 함께 가는 것’이었다.

사람의 인생길은 멀고 험할 때가 많다.

그래서 우리는 날씨가 좋을 적 맑은 날 주막에 이르는 손님보다는,폭풍우 속에서 비바람을 헤치고 온 사람을 더 따뜻하게 환영하는지도 모른다.

우리 삶에는 이렇게 비바람이 불고 천둥이 치는 날이 많다.

그 길을 무사히 행복하게 가자면 가족, 친구, 동료 이런 여행의 '동반자'가 있어야 한다.

'라피크(Rafik)'란
'먼 길을 함께 가야 할 동반자'라는 뜻의 아랍어 'RAFIK'이다.

좋은 동반자란 
'상호 간에 공감이 가는 사람, 함께 느낄 수 있고, 함께 한 방향을 바라볼 수 있는 사람'일 것이다.

좋은 동반자가 취할 행동은 아마도 상대방의 입장에 서서 함께 행동하는 그런 경우일 것이다.

이것이 좋은 동반자의 조건이 아닐까 생각한다.

개인이든 국가든
좋은 동반자의 필수조건은 공감이다.

베토벤의 성공엔 이런 공감의 동반자가 있었다.

그의 어머니였다.
천둥 치는 어느 날, 소년 베토벤이 마당에서 혼자 비를 맞고 있었다.

소년은 나뭇잎에 스치는 비와 바람의 교향곡에 흠뻑 빠져 있었다.

어머니는 그런 아들에게 집으로 빨리 들어오라고 소리치지 않았다.

아들이 있는 곳으로 걸어가 꼭 껴안아 주었다

함께 비를 맞으며 
“그래, 아름다운 자연의 소리를 함께 들어보자라고 말했다고 한다.

아들은 신이 났다. 
“엄마,새소리가 들려요.저 새는 어떤 새죠?
왜 울고 있어요?”

어머니는 폭우처럼 쏟아지는 아들의 질문에 다정하게 응대했다.

위대한 베토벤의 교향곡은 아마 그때 밀알처럼 싹이 돋았는지도 모른다.

사람은 누구나 좋은 동반자를 원한다.

인생길에서 그런 사람을 만나기란 말처럼 쉽지 않다.

그러나 방법이 있다. 

바로 나 스스로 가 먼저 ‘좋은 동반자’가 되어 주는 것이다.

홀로 비를 맞는 상대에게 다가가 함께 비를 맞아 주는 것이다.
(Companion to go with ♡

 
In golf, four (4) people who play ball together are not called a team or a group, but are called companions.

Maybe it's because they have to go in one direction together for more than 5 hours and they have to empathize.

It's purely my opinion, but when I'm with a companion that's better than a good golf course,
It's much more comfortable and enjoyable.

The only sports golf without referees is that manners and fairness seem to be very important to the companion.

A British newspaper gave a quiz. 
"What is the fastest way to get from London to Manchester?"

Many people entered the application because of their greed for prize money.

Physicists, mathematicians, architects, office workers, and students each gave brilliant answers.

However, this was the answer that topped numerous competitors.

It was 'going with a good friend'.

The path of a person's life is often long and rough.

So we may welcome those who have come through the rain and wind in the storm more warmly than those who reach the tavern on a sunny day.

There are many rainy and thundery days in our lives.

If you want to go down the road safely and happily, you must have a "partner" of such trips as family, friends, and colleagues.

What is Rafik
RAFIK, which means "partners to go a long way together."

Good company 
It would be 'a person who sympathizes with each other, a person who can feel it together, and look in one direction together'.

The action a good companion will take is probably the case of standing in the other's position and acting together.

I think this is the condition of a good companion.

Whether it's an individual or a country
Empathy is a prerequisite for a good companion.

Beethoven's success was accompanied by this sympathy.

It was his mother.
One thundering day, boy Beethoven was alone in the rain in the yard.

The boy was immersed in the symphony of rain and wind that brushed the leaves.

The mother did not yell at her son to come home quickly.

I walked to where my son was and hugged him tightly

in the rain together 
"Yes, let's listen to the beautiful sounds of nature together," he said.

The son is excited. 
"Mom, I hear a bird. What kind of bird is that?
Why are you crying?"

The mother responded

kindly to her son's questions pouring down like a downpour.

The great Beethoven symphony may have sprouted like a grain of wheat then.

Everyone wants a good companion.

It's not as easy as it sounds to meet such a person on the road of life.

But there is a way. 

It's me being a 'good companion' first.

He approaches the other person who gets rained on alone and gets rained on together.)