It was natural that Adam followed his father's examples and tried to make a difference to his surroundings.
Adam이아버지의모범을따르며자신의주변에변화를주려고노력한것은당연한결과였다.
That was why he was always interested in people.
그것이그가항상사람들에게관심이있었던이유였다.
He wanted to know what people thought, what they valued, and what they wanted.
그는사람들이무엇을생각하고, 무엇에가치를두며, 무엇을원하는지알고싶었다.
Out of a burning desire to see the world, he took a college program in which students travel around the world and become acquainted with other cultures.
He wanted to know the people who lived in that place, so he decided he would ask one child per country, "If you could have anything in the world, what would you want most?"
One of the answers in particular surprised him and eventually led him to change the course of his life.
답변중하나가특히그를놀라게했는데, 그답변은결국그의인생진로를바꿔놓았다.
A pencil. It was a reply from a boy in India.
연필한자루요. 이것은인도의한소년으로부터의대답이었다.
He wanted an education, a chance to become different.
그소년은교육, 즉변화할수있는기회를원했다.
Realizing that he could change a child's life and open a world of possibilities with something as small as a pencil, Adam began carrying a pack of pencils and giving them to children along the way.
While working on Wall Street after college, Adam set up Pencils of Promise, a nonprofit organization that aims to build schools and support teachers in developing countries.
대학졸업후Wall Street에서일하는동안Adam은개발도상국에학교를짓고교사들을지원하는것을목표로하는비영리기관인Pencils of Promise를설립했다.
His first project was to build a school in Laos, one of the countries he had visited during his college program.
그의첫번째프로젝트는대학프로그램기간중에방문했던나라중하나인Laos에학교를짓는것이었다.
First of all, Adam needed adequate funding and volunteers.
무엇보다도, Adam은충분한기부금과봉사자들이필요했다.
His fundraising efforts included some fresh ideas and the active participation of his friends.
그의모금을위한노력에는몇몇참신한생각들과친구들의적극적인참여도포함되었다.
For example, he turned his birthday party into a charity event and collected donations at the party instead of birthday presents.
예를들어, 그는자신의생일파티를자선행사로탈바꿈해생일선물대신기부금을모았다.
Another time, he asked his friends to make a music video to publicize a Halloween party held as a fundraiser.
All of the donations would go to the construction of schools.
기부금전액은학교설립에들어가게된다.
Eventually, people began to ask Adam how they could get involved with Pencils of Promise.
마침내사람들은Adam에게그들이어떻게Pencils of Promise에참여할수있는지묻기시작했다.
When Adam and Pencils of Promise started building their first school in Laos, the Lao government promised to send teachers to the school after its completion.
Adam과Pencils of Promise 재단이Laos에서첫학교를건립하기시작했을때, Laos 정부는준공후학교에교사들을보내주겠다고약속했다.
The local villagers promised to contribute to its construction.
지역마을사람들은건립에기여를하겠다고약속했다.
Because they had little money, they instead supplied raw materials and labor.
그들은돈이거의없었기때문에, 원자재와노동력을대신제공했다.
When Adam saw two elderly ladies carrying a heavy piece of wood, he went over to try to tell them they might hurt themselves.
The translator told Adam that they had been waiting their whole lives for this opportunity to have a school.
통역사는여성들이학교를갖게되는이기회를위해일평생기다려왔다고Adam에게말해주었다.
One day, during the construction period, three shy little girls approached Adam to say hello.
어느날, 건설기간중, 수줍어하는소녀세명이Adam에게다가와인사했다.
He could recognize the joy on their faces.
그는그들의얼굴에기쁨이넘치는것을알아볼수있었다.
They were really happy to have the opportunity to go to school.
그들은학교를갈수있는기회를갖게되어정말로기뻐했다.
Adam recorded the girls on his video recorder, and the video spread quickly on social media, leading to comments and emails from friends and strangers alike asking how they could get involved in giving this joy to children across the world.
Adam 은소녀들을자신의비디오녹화기로녹화했고, 그영상은소셜미디어에급속히확산되어, 이윽고전세계어린이들에게이같은기쁨을주기위해서는어떤방법으로참여할수있는지에대해질문하는코멘트와이메일이친구들과낯선사람들로부터쇄도하기시작했다.
As the number of schools grew, it was becoming difficult for Adam to put his energy into both his job and his work for Pencils of Promise.
학교수가늘어나면서Adam은자신의에너지를직장과Pencils of Promise 일모두에쏟기가힘들어졌다.
That was why he began to consider quitting his job.
그것이그가일을그만둘것을고려하기시작한이유였다.
It was not easy, of course.
물론, 쉽지는않았다.
He had a good reputation at work, and was about to be promoted.
그는직장에서좋은평판도받고있었고승진될예정이었다.
It was clear that his company would have no problem finding someone else to replace him if he quit.
회사는그가그만두더라도그를대신할다른사람을찾는데에전혀문제가없을것임이분명했다.
Pencils of Promise, however, would not succeed if it did not get his full attention.
하지만Pencils of Promise는그의충분한관심이없다면성공하지못할것이다.
After much thought, he decided to follow his inner voice and left his job.
심사숙고끝에, 그는내면의목소리를따르기로결심하고직장을그만뒀다.
Between 2009 and 2015, Adam's Pencils of Promise built more than three hundred schools.
2009년과2015년사이, Adam의Pencils of Promise는300개이상의학교를지었다.
It has become a huge project in which thousands of volunteers participate in many ways.
이는수천명의자원봉사자들이다양한방법으로참여하는형태의대규모프로젝트가되었다.
To this day, it continues to build schools, support teachers, and provide scholarships to children, giving local children and communities opportunities to be different and make a difference to the world.
The positive energy that you feel from doing a good act can influence your body in much the same way that exercise does, releasing endorphins that make you feel good.