Realization

I learned two things today: Yuldong Park is eco-friendly and my partner has an eccentric fetish on killing bugs. Every two weeks I would visit Hyeeun School to basically hike mountains or walk around parks. Also, I’ve recently learned that every once a month, the students from Yungduck High school would come to visit. Today was that day. When the students from Yungduck Highschool visit Hyeeun School, we would always go to Yuldong Park. Now, Yuldong Park was the ideal place that you wanted walk on if you had to. There are trees all around and a lake is in the middle; therefore, makes you feel like you are walking in the middle of the forest. However, you wouldn’t be want to be there if you hate bugs. Now, here comes the real story. My partner hates bugs. I’ve been walking with him for few months now, but I’ve just found out. When we arrived, there were bugs everywhere. To my partner, they were all enemies to kill. Constantly he would kill the bugs. He even tired to kill three gigantic spiders the size of my hand. I tried to stop him, but I couldn’t. I really had a hard time making my partner focused and walk. I realized at that moment that I really didn’t know my partner. It was almost like I didn’t even try. From one point, I was talking to partner less and less. If there is no conversation, there is no connection. I realized I had to talk to more often.

Back At Hyeeun School: The Happiest People

It has been ages since I hadn’t visited Hyeeun school. Finally, after a long break, I went to visit the place. The place was busy as usual, and not a single thing changed. It was as if time had stopped since the last time I visited Hyeeun school. As usual, I went to my assigned room, met my partner, and got on the bus to go hiking. I just blended it in, and everything just flowed. My partner treated me as usual showing no sign of extra delight in seeing me. Just like this, my days at Hyeeun school began.

We went to the same mountain that we have always hiked. I memorized the route by hear, so did the other 200 people from the school. I felt irritated that I had to hike this mountain. There is one thing we can’t get used to: pain and tiredness of walking. Also, I had all sorts of things mangling in my mind: AP quizzes, homework, World Geography essay. I was drowning from my own thoughts. I wondered,’ How come the students never complain?”. I’ve got my answer from their faces. They did not complain because they had nothing to complain about. They were enjoying this moment. They had no worries. They did not see the pain inside it, but the joy. All these years we’ve been convinced that we are better than them, but are we happier? Didn’t being the ‘superior’ being make us only see the pain inside things? Living in this society, I might not be able to always see the joy in things because the world doesn’t not work that way. However, at least I’ll be able to know the happiest people on this earth.