Gyeokmongyogyeol
Am I still deceiving myself by being dragged around by bad habits?
📝ONGO's Reflection
When I turned the first page of this book, which Yulgok Yi I wrote for beginning students, I felt a shame like a stern teacher striking my legs with a switch. Before beginning any study, he says with firm resolve, you must first cut away your "old bad habits." Unless you break the everyday disposition of sleeping late, speaking idle words, and chasing only comfort, no lofty aspiration can ever be achieved. Though the teaching is centuries old, for steadying the frail self who resolves each day and crumbles each day, there is no sharper crack of the discipline staff than this.
"The greatest disease in establishing one's will is making excuses and retreating."Yi I, Gyeokmongyogyeol
"뜻을 세우는 데 가장 큰 병통은 스스로 핑계를 대며 물러서는 것이다."
🌱Apply It Today
Choose one of the old habits Yulgok warned of (such as aimless phone scrolling) and block it entirely for two hours this evening.
