Two brothers grew up in the same household. When they reached adulthood, however, the older brother had become a beggar and the younger brother a prominent professor. The reason behind this was the fact that at the house in which they had lived together for some 20 years, there was a picture frame containing the words, "Dream is nowhere." While the older brother, as he saw these words everyday, grew up in utter despair without any hope in his life, the younger brother interpreted and read the same words differently ? "Dream is now here" ? and envisioned a life filled with hope.
From this we learn that a truly important factor is not the environment or condition in which one grows up or lives, but how positive his perspectives and the words of his lips are.
"A poor, yet wise lad is better than an old and foolish king who no longer knows [how] to receive instruction" (Ecclesiastes 4:13).

From Rev. Dr. Jaerock Lee's column "The Road" carried on the daily newspaper, Hankook Ilbo/