아버지는 아무리 힘이 들어도 힘들다는 말을 하지 않았습니다. 아버지는 당연히 힘들지 않는 줄 알았습니다.
아버지는 아파도 아프다는 말을 하지 않았습니다. 아버지는 당연히 아프지 않는 줄 알았습니다.
아버지는 돈이 없어도 돈 없다는 말을 하지 않았습니다. 아버지는 항상 돈이 많은 줄 알았습니다.
이제 내가 아버지 되어보니 우람한 느티나무처럼 든든하고 크게만 보였던 아버지 그 아버지도 힘들 때가 있다는 것을 아플 때가 있다는 것을 돈 없을 때도 있다는 것을 알았습니다. 그러나 아버지는 가장이니까 가족들이 힘들어할 까봐 가족들이 실망할 까봐 힘들어도 아파도 돈 없어도 말을 못했을 뿐이었습니다. (이문조 시인)
My Father! When I was …
4 years old: My daddy can do anything.
5 Years old: My daddy knows a whole lot.
6 Years old: My daddy is smarter than your dad.
8 Years old: My Dad doesn’t know exactly everything.
10 Year old: In the olden days when my dad grew up, things were sure different.
12 Year old: Oh, well, naturally Father doesn’t know anything about that. He is too old to remember his childhood.
14 Years old: Don’t pay any attention to my father. He is so old fashioned!
21 Years old: Him? My Lord, he’s hopelessly out-of-date.
25 Years old: Dad knows a little bit about it, but then he should because he has been around so long.
30 Years old: Maybe we should ask Dad what he thinks. After all, he’s had a lot of experience.
35 Years old: I’m not doing a single thing until I talk to Dad.
40 Years old: I wonder how Dad would have handled it. He was so wise and had a world of experience.
50 Years old: I’d give anything if Dad were here now so I could talk this over with him. Too bad I didn’t appreciate how smart he was. I could have learned a lot from him. (from Chicken Soup for the Soul)
