Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter and Spring

In the film, “Spring, summer, fall, winter and spring” the boy ties a stone to animals like frog, fish and snake. The monk who lives with the boy tries to teach him a lesson. So he does the same thing to the boy and makes him unite the stone he tied to the animals. However, when he found the place where the animals were some of them are already death from being exhausted. I think one of the many lessons that the monk is trying to teach is that you do not realize things are important to you, but find it out when they are gone.

Most people do not realize the importance of something when it is near, and you can see it every day. People find out that things are important to them when it is gone. For me, it was my younger brother. I and my brother were always together. I think that I and my brother have more than just a sister-brother relationship because there were no secrets and we could always rely on each other. However, I did not know that my brother’s absent would mean this much to me until recently. I was staying in Korea, and my brother was sent to the U.S. for his study. At first, I did not miss him because I’m used to not seeing my family members often after I entered KMLA. But I felt it by skin when I went home last week, and there was not my brother in the room. I always talked with him, made stupid jokes with him, and we listened to each other’s problems that parents might not understand. He was like a friend that would always be there when I needed him, but he was not there anymore. He was far away from me, in a foreign country. Some might say that there are phone calls and even use ‘Skype’ to see him, but it is just not the same as it used to be. At first few weeks, I did not realize that I missed him, but the moment when I did realize that my brother was not in Korea, tears just came rolling down my face and nobody could stop it. I regret a little that why could not I had been a better sister to him before he went to United States. After I thought a while I concluded that he is not gone forever so I will be a lovely sister from now. Also, I now appreciate and am thankful to everything and everyone, my parents, teachers, and friends since I know how important they are now. I would be nice even to the smallest things so that I would not regret.

I think that the monk is trying to teach the kid that everything is important, and you do not realize it when it is near. He also tells that if you do not want to regret yourself, be nice and appreciate it. Also, based on my experience, the lesson monk teaches is a very important one since one does not truly appreciate the people and things that are very familiar to them. From my experience people should be thankful to everything that is near them if they do not want to regret.