Author: Changsung Kim
Publisher: Changsung Kim
Published: 2024-03-31
Total Pages: 254
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The central theme of this book is that the thought nestled within each raindrop is that the world's most precious gift should be evenly distributed among all individuals. Such is the virtuous nature contained within each raindrop. The book VNR is a travel guide for pro-God life, delivering the central theme. Pro-God life is a life focused on oneself. It is a life enjoyed by routinizing small but certain happiness in real life. You may feel anxious and frustrated about the future due to uncontrollable macro situations such as the COVID-19 pandemic, but you do not care. It is a life where you take a firm stand and taste small happiness. How do you design a plan for such a life? A contact-free lifestyle suddenly became a new normal. As I got used to the term lockdown, I missed touching hands, hugging someone, feeling the warmth, and giving a friend a peck on the cheek. Not being able to make the physical contact I used to do, I experienced a severe deficiency of emotional stability. I often silently cried in my heart due to the loneliness. I had to do the damage control, so I checked what I took a rain check on the shelf. There were books I had never read, books I had never finished, books I read many times, a box for receipts and coupons, coin jars, candles, cheap fragrances, a flashlight, a rolling ruler, photo albums, broken electronics, wood cleaner, and unopened small oil bottles. Then, finally, my eyes stopped at the dusty leather box. The price was beyond my budget when I first saw it at the flea market, but I knew it was mine. It survived multiple times, moving across the continents. It had memos and photos in it. The memos were short stories about my memory. There were unordinary thoughts and emotional turmoil. Those were old but fresh because I used to do them, but I couldn't do them anymore in the new normal. The photos were snapshots of places I used to visit, but I couldn't go anymore. Those were like clean air and rolling streams compared to masked air and bottled water. I haven't paid personal attention so far because dust has piled on it in the corner of the bookshelf. It wasn't necessary to me before the pandemic, but it does have sentimental value now. So, I sneaked a peek at my thoughts of the pre-pandemic age. Some memos had down-to-earth thoughts about fundamental questions, such as how I look, how I should live, what a sustainable lifestyle would be, etc. So boring! I remember when I visited those questions. It could be the exam in Philosophy 101 class back in college. After that, I was into girlfriends, jobs, cars, money, etc. I completely forgot those while constantly running on the wheel of hectic days. Indeed, I did rain-check those because they were the most important things to me at one time. The essential things in life rarely change over time. The leather box followed me to show up at this stage of my life. I had an up-close look at the memos in the leather box. Most of the notes were questions or thoughts. Some questions looked interesting, and a couple of them inspired me. So, I picked the memos I liked and made a list from the least significant to the most important. I hope to find the right questions to find my way.