[Haruchunja] Living Without Incident Even If Not Brilliant <1>

Editor's NoteAsia Economy provides daily 1,000-character transcription content for the 'Harumanbo Harucheonja' newsletter readers. Each day and month, carefully selected sentences from various genres such as Eastern and Western classics, Korean literature, columns, and speeches are offered according to the theme. This week, we introduce a part of the essay ＜Challanhaji Anado Byeolil Eopsi Sanda＞ by author Eohyeon, who shares her experiences and insights on life and death, sorrow, wounds, and relationships while living for decades as a wife, mother, and daughter-in-law in a large family. The text contains 918 characters.

Everyday life is truly fascinating. It is hard to get on, but once you do, it is almost impossible to get off easily, as if you were on a conveyor belt. Sometimes, it felt like riding a carousel. The carousel does not turn by my will. I cannot get off just because I want to; I can only get off when the carousel stops.

Considering whether something is something I like or find enjoyable means thinking about it calmly with myself at the center. However, there is no leisure to kindly ask myself what I like or what I am good at.

To do so, sufficient time and diverse experiences are necessary, but the timetable of life urges the next moment. The world is not favorable to those who do not move on to the next step and even criticizes them as lazy. It may sound like an excuse, but if one could live doing only what is fun and what they like, such people would truly be lucky.

The saying that you do well when you do something fun seems true, but on the contrary, if you work hard and eventually become good and find it enjoyable, is that wrong?

Before the premise that it must be fun, how about trying hard first? You can only know a task by trying it once, and perhaps you can taste the hidden true value within it.

If those who find fun and succeed are truly lucky, then those who persistently and diligently accomplish even unenjoyable tasks have truly tasted the essence of life.

While those who do what they love have shining success, behind those who endure duty and responsibility is a proud smile toward themselves.

The gift box called life does not contain only sweet candies. Anyone can easily enjoy delicious things, but only when one can endure the bitter and spicy can one see the other side of life.

- Eohyeon, ＜Challanhaji Anado Byeolil Eopsi Sanda＞, Munhak Gonggam, 13,500 KRW

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