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A netizen shares a cute story that happened on a usual day for him. Helping others might not be so hard.
…안녕하세ìš".. ì €ëŠ" 20대 ì§ìž¥ì¸ 남ìžìž…니다^^! 다른게 ì•„ë‹ˆë¼ ì–´ì œ ë°¤ 11ì‹œ 30분쯤ì- 있ì-ˆë˜ì¼ì„ ì´ì•¼ê¸°í• ë ¤í•©ë‹ˆë‹¤… 뚜뚜~~뚜뚜~~뚜우우~ 7시다 í‡´ê·¼í•˜ìž ì¹¼í‡´ê·¼.. ã…ã……ã… í‡´ê·¼ì„ ë§ˆì¹˜ê³ .. ìš"즘 똥배가 조금나와서 8시부터 í•ìƒ ìš´ë™ì„합니다.. ì´ í•œê°•ê·¼ì²˜ë¼.. 한강ì-ì„œ ì¡°ê¹…ì„하ëŠ"ë°ìš"~ í‰ì†Œì™€ê°™ì´.. mp3를 ë"¤ìœ¼ë©° ì‹ ë‚˜ê²Œ ìš´ë™ì„í•˜ê³ .. ë•€ì„ ì«˜ì•…ë¹¼ê³ ~ ì§'으로 ê°€ëŠ"길ì´ì˜€ìŠµë‹ˆë‹¤.. ì œ ì¡°ê¹…ì½"스가 사람ì´ë³„ë¡œì-†ê³ í'€ì´ 많ì´ìžˆëŠ"ê³³ì´ ìžˆëŠ"ë°.. 그곳ì-ì„œ 멈춰서 ìž ê¹ í•œê°• 야경ì´ë‚˜ ë³´ê³ ê°€ì•¼ì§€í•˜ëŠ" ìƒê°ì- ìž ê¹ ê±¸ìŒì„ 멈ì¶"ì-ˆìŠµë‹ˆë‹¤.. ê·¸ëŸ°ë° í•œ 남ìžë¶„ì´ ì•‰ì•„ìžˆë"ë¼ê³ ìš" ê·¸ìžë¦¬ì-ëŠ" 소주2ë³'ì´ ìžˆë"ë¼ê³ ìš".. 안주ëŠ"ì-†ê³ .. 깡소주;; ê·¸ëŸ°ë° ê°'ìžê¸° 그분ì´~ 나같ì€ë„˜ì€ 죽어야ë¼~ 죽어버릴꺼야~~ í°ì†Œë¦¬ë¡œ 소리를 치ë"ë¼ê³ ìš".. 그곳ì-ëŠ" 그분과 ì €ë°–ì-ì-†ì-ˆëŠ"ë°.. 순간 ì €ëŠ" 움ì°" 놀랬지만.. 그분있ëŠ"ê³³ì„ ë°"ë¼ë³´ì•˜ì¡°.. 그분 ê°'ìžê¸° ì˜·ì„ ë²-ë"ë¼ê³ ìš".. ìœ-옷ì„ë²-ê³ ë°"지를ë²-ë"ë¼ê³ ìš"… ê·¸ë¦¬ê³ ì‹ ë°œì„ ë²-ì„ë ¤ê³ í•˜ëŠ" 순간.. ì €ëŠ" ì´ê±´ì•„니다 싶어서 막 ë‹¬ë ¤ê°"습니다.. 그분ì- íŒ"ì„ìž¡ê³ .. ì €ê¸° 무슨ì¼ìžˆìœ¼ì‹ ê°€ìš".. ì €ëž' ìž ê¹ë§Œ ì´ì•¼ê¸°í•˜ìžê³ 했조.. 그분 처ìŒë³´ëŠ" ì €ì-게 눈물ì„ë³´ì´ë©´ì„œ íŽ'íŽ' 울ë"ë¼ê³ ìš".. ìŒ~ ê°€ë§Œí¬ ë"£ê³ 있ì-ˆë‹µë‹ˆë‹¤ ì €ëŠ".. ì´ì•¼ê¸°ë¥¼ ë"¤ì–´ë³´ë‹ˆ 5ë…„ê°„ 사귄 ì-¬ìžì¹œêµ¬ê°€ìžˆì-ˆëŠ"ë°.. ìžê¸°ê°€ ì•„ëŠ" ì„ ë°°í•œí…Œ ì-¬ìžì¹œêµ¬ë¥¼ ë¹¼ì•-ê²¼ë‹¤ê³ í•©ë‹ˆë‹¤… 그래서 세ìƒì‚´ê¸°ê°€ ì‹«ë‹¤ê³ í•˜ë"ë¼ê³ ìš".. 나ì´ë„ ì–´ë ¤ë³´ì´ê³ .. ë™ìƒê°™ê¸°ë„í•´ì„œ 실례지만 나ì´ê°€ ì–´ì°Œë˜ì‹œì¡°.. ì-¬ì¤ë´¤ë"니~ 25ì‚´ì´ë¼ê³ 하ë"ë¼ê³ ìš".. ì´ì•¼ê¸°ë¥¼ ìˆìš±ë"£ê³ ì œê°€ 그분ì-게.. ì œê°€ 그쪽보다 2ì‚´ì´ ë§Žì€ë° ë™ìƒê°™ê¸°ë„í•˜ê³ í•´ì„œ ì œ ê²½í-˜ë‹´ì„ ì´ì•¼ê¸°í•´ë„ ë˜ê² ëƒê³ .. ìš"즘 ìš´ë™ì¤'ì´ë¼ ìˆ ì€ ì•ˆë¨¹ì§€ë§Œ 그분ì-게 소주한ìž" 달ë¼ê³ 했습니다.. ê·¸ë¦¬ê³ ì €ë„ í•œìž"ë"œë¦¬ê³ ë'˜ì´ 깡소주로 í•œìž"í•˜ê³ .. ì €ë„ ì˜ˆì „ì- 가슴아í"ˆ ê²½í-˜ë‹´ì„ ì´ì•¼ê¸°í•´ì£¼ë©´ì„œ.. 그걸 극복해낸 사ì-°ì„ ì´ì•¼ê¸°í–ˆë‹µë‹ˆë‹¤.. ê·¸ ë™ìƒë¶„ì-게 ìˆ í•œìž" ì‚¬ì£¼ê³ ì‹¶ì–´ì„œ.. 주머니를 ë'¤ì ¸ë´¤ëŠ"ë° ë§Œì›ì´ìžˆë"ë¼ê³ ìš".. í‰ì†Œì- ìš´ë™ë‚˜ê°ˆë•ŒëŠ" ì œê°€ ë"± ì²œì› ìƒìˆ˜í•˜ë‚˜ 사먹ì„ëˆë§Œ ê°€ì§€ê³ ê°€ëŠ"ë°.. ì˜¤ëŠ˜ì€ ì œê°€ 천ì›ì´ë¼ê³ ìƒê°í•˜ê³ ê°€ì§€ê³ ë‚˜ì˜¨ëˆì´.. 만ì›ì´ë"ë¼ê³ ìš"^..^
브ë¼ë³´~! 그분ì-게 ì €ê¸° í˜•ì´ ìš´ë™ ë‚˜ì™€ì„œ 지금 만ì›ë°–ì-ì-†ëŠ"ë°.. 우리 깡소주ë§ê³ ì¥í¬ë¼ë„ ì‚¬ê°€ì§€ê³ ì¥í¬ì-다가 소주어때^^? 물ì-ˆë"니.. ê·¸ë¦¬ê³ ê°™ì´ ë§ˆì‹œë˜ 2ë³'ì¤'ì- í•œë³'ì€ ë‚¨ì•„ì„œ ëšœê»'ë‹«ê³ í‚¤í•' 콜 ã…Žã…Ž ê·¸ë¦¬ê³ íŽ¸ì˜ì 가서 ì¥í¬ì™€ 소주2ë³'ì„ ì‚¬ê³ .. 파ë¼ì†"ì- 앉아서 그분과 2ì‹œê°„ì •ë„ ë§Žì€ ì´ì•¼ê¸°ë¥¼ 나누ì-ˆìŠµë‹ˆë‹¤.. 그분께서 ëˆˆë¬¼ì„ í˜ë¦¬ë©´ì„œ 사실 오늘 ìžì‚´í• ìƒê°ê¹Œì§€í–ˆëŠ"ë°.. í˜•í•˜ê³ ì´ì•¼ê¸°ë¥¼ 나누어보니.. ìžê¸°ê°€ ë°"ë³´ìŠ¤ëŸ½ë‹¤ê³ .. ë"ìš±ë" íž˜ë‚´ì•¼ê² ë‹¤ê³ í•˜ë"ë¼ê³ ìš"..ê·¸ë¦¬ê³ ê·¸ ë™ìƒì-게 ì-°ë½ì²˜ë¥¼ ì£¼ê³ ë°›ê³ .. 다ìŒì-ëŠ" ë˜ íž˜ë"¤ë©´ í˜•í•˜ê³ ìˆ í•œìž" ë˜í•˜ìží–ˆë‹µë‹ˆë‹¤..휴~ ê·¸ë¦¬ê³ ì§'ì- ê°€ëŠ"길ì- 안부 ì „í™"í–‡ë"니 무사히 ì§'ì- ê°€ëŠ"ì¤'ì´ë¼ê³ 하ë"ë¼ê³ ìš"..오늘 ì •ì‹ ì´ í•˜ë‚˜ë„ì-†ë˜ 하루였지만.. ê·¸ëž˜ë„ ë¯¸ì•½í•œ ì œê°€ 누군가ì-게 힘ì´ë˜ì-ˆë‹¤ëŠ"ê²ƒì´ ë¿Œë"¯í•˜ê³ 기분ì´ì¢‹ë„¤ìš".. ì" ìš´ë™ë•œì‹œ ìˆ ì€ ì ˆëŒ€ 안먹ì„ë ¤ê³ ì œ ìžì‹ ì-게 다ì§í–ˆì§€ë§Œ.. ì˜¤ëŠ˜ì€ ì œ ìžì‹ ì-게 외ì³ë´…니다..ì´ëŸ° ìƒí™©ì-ì„œëŠ" 괜찮아 임마 ã…‹ã…‹ 다ë"¤ í•ìƒ 행복하시기ë°"ëžë‹ˆë‹¤^^
Hi.. I’m in my 20s and work at a company. I just would like to talk about what happened to me at 11 pm yesterday night. At 7 pm, at the close of office hours, I
got out of the office. Every night I go jogging at 8 pm because I feel I got fat on my stomach. My house is near the Han River and my jogging course is usually around the Han River. As usual,
listening to music on my mp3 player, I was running enjoyably. After finishing my jog, I was on the way back home. There are not a lot of people on my jogging course, but it is full of grass. I stopped
in order to look around the night scene of the Han River. Then I saw one man sitting there and two bottles of soju (Korean alcohol). Without any other side dish, he was just drinking soju.
Suddenly he started crying out, “I should die. People like me don’t deserve to live. I’m gonna die~ I will die~†There were just him
and me. I was startled and looked at him. He started taking his clothes off. First shirt and then pants. When he was talking shoes off, I ran to him. I grabbed his arm and said,
“What’s going on? Do you want to talk with me?†Once he saw me a stranger, he wailed. Listening to his words, he had a girlfriend and their
relationship was for five years. But he was deprived of her by his friend. He said that he doesn’t want to live anymore. He looked young and was probably younger than me. I made bold
to ask him how old he is. He was 25. After listening to his story, I said, I will tell my experience because you look like my younger brother.†Due to exercise, I
don’t drink recently, but asked him to give me a cup of soju. We exchanged cups of soju and talked about my heart-broken story. I wanted to buy soju for him and fumbled for the money
in my pocket. I usually bring 1,000 won for a bottle of water, but at that day I had 10,000 won because I confused the money. What luck… I told him, “this brother
came here to work out and so doesn’t have enough money. But why don’t we have dried filefish with soju together?†We walked to a grocery store and
bought two more bottles of soju and dried filefish. Sitting under a parasol, I have talked with him for 2 more hours. Weeping, he said he was really thinking about giving his life up tonight, but now
he felt he was really stupid. We exchanged our contact number and I suggested him that we can drink any other time. On the way back home, I called him in order to confirm. He received the call and
said that he’s on the way back to his home as well. It was such a day, but I was glad that such a tiny human I can give the consolation to another person. Even though my promise not
to drink was broken, I told to myself, ‘it is fine in this kind of situation.’ I hope that everyone is happy.
Many netizens have similar comments, as
below. 잘하셧네ìš"^^ì €ë„ 25ì‚´ì¸ë° ì €ë„ ì¼ì£¼ì¼ì „ì- ì¹œêµ¬í•œëª…ì„ ë– ë‚˜ë³´ëƒˆì–´ìš"~~~세ìƒì‚¬ëŠ"게 힘ë"¤ë‹¤ê³ ì „í™"í•œí†µì´ ê±¸ë ¤ì™€ì„œ ì§'ì-가보니 ì´ë¯¸~~~하늘나ë¼ë¡œ ê°€ê³ ë§ì•˜ë„¤ì-¬~~ì €ëŠ" ì¹œêµ¬ë„ ëª»ì‚´ë¦¬ëŠ"ë°~~대단하ì‹ë‹ˆë‹¤…
You didn’t a good job. I’m also 25. I also had to send one friend a week ago~~~ She called me and said,
it’s not easy to live in this world. I went to her house and she already left for the heaven~~ I even couldn’t save my friend~~
ìžì‚´í•˜ëŠ" ì‚¬ëžŒì˜ ëŒ€ë¶€ë¶„ì´ íž˜ë" ì´ì•¼ê¸°ë¥¼ 나눌 ìƒëŒ€ê°€ ì-†ê¸° 때문ì´ë¼ê³ 합니다. 거기서 ì •ì‹ ì 으로 ë‚´ëª°ë¦¬ì‹ ê±°ì£ . 좋ì€ì¼ í•˜ì‹ ê²ë‹ˆë‹¤!! 다른 분ë"¤ë„ 힘ë"¤ë•ŒëŠ" 주위 아무나 ë¶™ìž¡ê³ ë¼ë„ ì´ì•¼ê¸°ë¥¼ 나누세ìš". 힘ë" ì¼ì€ ë‚˜ëˆŒìˆ˜ë¡ ìž'아진답니다!!
Most people who give up their lives don’t have partners with whom to have conversations. They’re on the verge spiritual problems. You did a
good job!! When other people have a hard time, just try to talk with anyone around you. The more you share hardship, the smaller the hardship will be!!
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