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Book details
  • Genre:BODY, MIND & SPIRIT
  • SubGenre:General
  • Language:English
  • Pages:156
  • eBook ISBN:9798350988116
  • Paperback ISBN:9798350988109

The Mirror

The Essay of Wisdom

by Andy Kim

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Overview
Now, as I enter the autumn of my life, I have the opportunity to reflect on who I am and what thoughts I have lived with. Where did I come from, and where am I going? How does this world appear to me? Based on the milestones I have organized through these questions, I hope to live a slightly more developed and meaningful life tomorrow.
Description
During times when I felt my days were mundane and ordinary, I did not feel happiness. But now I realize that these mundane and ordinary days are indeed blessed and grateful days; they are happy days. An ordinary day that is 'safe today' is a day for which I am grateful. Now, I set aside my worries about tomorrow and focus on this moment. I am to live humanely, concentrating not on major changes, but on small changes - especially, change within myself. When I wake up in the morning and look in the bathroom mirror, I am often startled to see that, at some point, the image of my youth has vanished, and instead, I see my father's reflection standing there. As I realize how much my face resembles that of my late father, I find myself reflecting on my life anew. The mirror, though an illusion, is a grateful presence that confirms my existence. I particularly feel thankful for the James Webb mirror, as it vividly shows the image of the universe, our human home. In this book, I have described my thoughts on birth, living, success, hapiness, religion, philosophy, wisdom, politics, and death of our human beings.
About the author
Currently am Vice-Chairman of Kainos Medicine, a bio-tech. co., in San Diego, California. Born and raised in South Korea, and has worked in the bio-pharmaceutical field for many years.