"Instead of grieving over the transience of life while watching the setting sun and flowing water, silently keep your place in the mighty flow of nature."
Today's Question
Watch flowing tap water or the warm steam of a tea cup gradually disappear for 10 seconds. Let yourself simply feel the quiet value these fleeting moments reveal.
Yi Saek, singing of the flowing river under the autumn sky
Yi Saek was a late Goryeo scholar who struggled to maintain his values during the rise of the new Joseon Dynasty.
Retiring from office, he sat alone drinking tea and watching the river flow. He believed that keeping one's integrity in the transience of life is the duty of a scholar, dying with his loyalty to Goryeo.