※ 아래 스크립트는 발표자의 발표내용을 그대로 표기하였으므로 구어체 표현이 포함되어있고,
일부 문장은 문법적 오류가 포함될수 있는점 참고 부탁드립니다.
Imagine that you are a little boy or a girl who just woke up on a Christmas Day.
As soon as you wake up, you jump out of bed, hastily run down the stairs, and open
up your presents underneath the Christmas tree with a twinkle in the eye. If today
was Christmas, what would you wish for the most? I asked my mom the same question,
and she said that she wanted an overcoat from Moncler. I bet that a lot of moms who
are currently in the room are probably agreeing to this.
A few days ago, I watched a movie called “Pay It Forward.” It was about a boy who
figures out how to make a utopia. For those who don’t know what a utopia is, a
utopia means an imaginary community with perfect qualities for citizens to live in.
It also means “no place,” which is quite contradictory. Anyways, the boy, his name is
Trevor, finds a way to spread his kindness around the globe. If one person shows
benevolence to ten people, each of the ten people has to pay the kindness forward by
showing kindness to ten other people. If this goes on like a gigantic pyramid,
everyone will be happy, safe, and in peace.
After watching this movie, I decided that I should make my own imaginary utopia.
In my utopia, every day is a holiday called “Kindmas.” Like Christmas, everyone gives
presents to each other and celebrate in a convivial way. The only difference is that
instead of presents like Xboxes, Moncler overcoats, the presents are in the form of love.
Let me give you an example. Teenage suicide is becoming a major issue these days.
About 40 percent of those who suicided in the past decade were precipitated by family
problems, while 16 percent were precipitated by depression, and 12 percent by
academic stress. Approximately one million people die from suicide each year, which
means that one person suicides every 40 seconds. But what can we do to lower the
suicide rate? Although it might be difficult to prevent them from suiciding, there is a
possibility that our acts of kindness can bring hope to their broken hearts, averting
them from suicide and negative thoughts. However, suicide is just one example out
of incomputable obstacles that are hurting people every single day. So, can we provide
all these problems from happening in our lives? Is it possible to have a life with zero
pain?
The answer to the first question is, unfortunately, a no. Although some complications
are predictable in so that we can prevent them from happening, others are just
unforeseeable, unavoidable, and out of our reach. For instance, although you can stop
things like a stomachache, you can’t stop things like your parents’ divorce or a terrorist
attack, especially if you never knew that was coming.
The answer to the second question is also a no. It is impossible to have a life with
zero pain. Raise your hand if you never experienced agony in your life. Definitely not
me. See, everyone has suffered somehow in his or her lives, whether it is big or small.
I myself have suffered from pain innumerable times. And yet, although we have all of
these pain and problems that make you want to choke out of all of your misery and
anger, there are ways that can calm you down and, um, react to the problems in a
wise way. If you are in a huge debt, you might start a business and earn money instead
of just worrying about it. You might have lost a family member and decided to finally
move on after months of grieving. However, although all of these approaches might
heal your inner wounds, one of the most effective solutions that can help us endure
the pain is to receive kindness from others, which is the main reason why we should
show affection, especially to those in need.
Just think about it; your kindness can save thousands of people from suiciding or
dying each day. And I’m not saying that you have to literally go up to one thousand
people and save their lives every single day. Nononono, that’s not going to happen.
I’m saying that we can save thousands of lives only if the pyramid, that I’ve explained
a few minutes ago, works. So I’m going to ask you to show kindness to just three
people. You can absolutely do more if you want to, and that would be great. But, keep
in mind that every time you show kindness, you have to tell each of the people to
show kindness to three other people. I wish you a merry ‘Kindmas’ and thank you for
listening.