I AM ART: Soo Kyung Kim

From Rigid Beliefs to Resilient Thinking  A Journey Toward Balance "A man was hiking on a mountain trail when he suddenly slipped and fell off the edge of a cliff. Desperately, he grabbed hold of a small branch sticking out from the side, dangling above a deep drop. Terrified, he looked up to the sky and shouted, "God, help me!" To his surprise, a calm voice from the heavens replied, "If you trust me, let go of the branch." The man hesitated, gripping the branch even tighter. He then looked around and called out in a panic, "Is there anyone else out there?!" Björn Natthiko Lindeblad shared the story of the man hanging from a cliff to illustrate a deeper point: sometimes, the very beliefs we hold onto so strongly are what can cause the most harm in the end. In the story, the man’s belief in the need for control and safety prevented him from trusting the guidance he was given, even though that guidance could have saved him. Lindeblad used this as a meta...

  Early in the morning, when it barely felt like morning, I found myself returning to the book I left off reading the night before. With just a few pages left, I was eager to savor every word, even carrying the story into my dreams.  After finishing The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky, I felt compelled to share my thoughts. While many parts touched my heart, there's one in particular that I want to focus on here. From Dmitri's Defense: The Legacy of Fetyukovich, Moscow's Renowned Lawyer; "Let the son stand before his father and ask him, ‘Father, tell me, why must I love you? Father, show me that I must love you,’ and if that father is able to answer him and show him good reason, we have a real, normal, parental relation, not resting on mystical prejudice, but on a rational, responsible, and strictly humanitarian basis."    While reading The Brothers Karamazov , one passage struck me deeply. It questions the assumption that being a father naturally creates a bon...