Like the First Time

Our lives are shaped by habitual experiences.

Whether it’s a person or a task, it’s hard to have a fresh perspective

if you have become inured to the experience.

When you visit a place for the first time,

it feels novel, so you spend a lot of time examining it.

Look at your life in the same way.

Examine it like it’s a new place.

Put your heart into a routine task like it’s the first time you’ve done it.

-Ven. Pomnyun Sunim

Illustration by Maseol