I received this in an email from a good friend. It was written by a Korean teacher named Haejin. It is probably translated into English, but the beauty of the words are not lost in translation. Here it is:
We often say someone or something is precious to us. This is easy to say but its meaning is not to be treated lightly. Because of the precious, the path of our life is determined; there arise things we must do and things we must absolutely not do; and we may put ourselves in a situation where we have to risk our life. Because of the precious, a favorable situation may suddenly turn against us but because of it we are also able to overcome even the most painful and extreme situation. Based on our understanding of the precious, we are able to make our decisions with no regrets at the moment of choice hundreds of times every day. What is interesting is that people often forget about the precious. Unless we consciously ask ourselves what is precious to us, we forget about it as we forget about the existence of air. But even when we consciously ask ourselves the meaning of someone or something being precious to us, we may not always be able to answer with certainty. In other words, what is precious to us is often obscure and confusing. In any case, 'what is most precious to us in life' is a question we must seriously ask ourselves first before we ask what we are going to do in our life.
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