I
walk
a
wi di g
di t
path
th ough
a
su -dappled
fo est,
bathed
i
wa m,
late
afte oo
light.
My
postu e
is
elaxed,
my
gait
u hu ied,
emb aci g
the
peaceful,
co templative
mood.
“오늘
걷지
않으면
내일
뛰어야
한다”
(O eul
geotji
a eumyeo
aeil
ttwieoya
ha da)
is
a
Ko ea
p ove b
that
oughly
t a slates
to
“If
you
do ‘t
walk
today,
you
must
u
tomo ow.”The
p ove b
co veys
a
simple
message
about
co siste cy,
discipli e
a d
taki g
actio
befo e
it
is
too
late.
It
suggests
that
whe
we
postpo e
small
effo ts
today,
we
may
be
fo ced
to
make
a
much
g eate
effo t
late
to
catch
up.
A
lesso
i
eve yday
life
The
idea
applies
to
almost
eve ythi g-
health,
educatio ,
wo k,
fi a ces
a d
pe so al
goals.
A
pe so
who
exe cises
egula ly
may
avoid
havi g
to
make
d astic
effo ts
late .
Simila ly,
studyi g
a
little
eve y
day
ca
p eve t
the
p essu e
of
t yi g
to
cove
a
e ti e
syllabus
just
befo e
a
exami atio .I
the
wo kplace
too,
delayi g
a
small
task
ca
tu
it
i to
a
u ge t
deadli e.
What
could
have
bee
ha dled
calmly
today
may
equi e
much
mo e
time
a d
e e gy
tomo ow.
Why
small
steps
matte
The
p ove b
does
ot
lite ally
suggest
that
eve yo e
should
walk
o
u .
Rathe ,
“walki g”
ep ese ts
steady
p og ess,
while
“ u i g”
ep ese ts
the
ext a
effo t
equi ed
whe
we
fall
behi d.Its
u de lyi g
lesso
is
that
p og ess
does
ot
have
to
be
d amatic
to
be
mea i gful.
A
small
step
take
co siste tly
ca
be
mo e
valuable
tha
a
huge
effo t
made
o ly
whe
ci cumsta ces
leave
o
choice.I
a
wo ld
whe e
people
ofte
postpo e
tasks
i
the
hope
of
fi di g
mo e
time
late ,
the
Ko ea
p ove b
offe s
a
timely
emi de :
sta t
today,
move
at
you
ow
pace,
a d
you
may
ot
have
to
ush
tomo ow.
