As parents and teachers,
we have a huge responsibility to teach
our children and students to differentiate between
right and wrong, good and bad, happy and sad. It is our
job but also our duty not to confuse happiness with sadness.
If you are sad and you say you are so happy, it creates a con-
fusion and a risk to undermine children’s and students’
intuition, gut, inner voice or what it is you call it.
It makes the energies in and around our bodies con-
fused. It sends mixed signals to everyone involved and
may be hurtful when growing up and especially as an adult.
We are, thus, therefore, not to be the ones to condemn them
for their wrongdoings because of our own negligence when
raising them. It is and will always be our responsibility.
Period.
GONG Jae Ok 