Not because it’s easy, but because it’s hard.
When people overcome difficulty, they get more achievement. I learned this precept when I was traveling in Nepal. All Korean men must do a military service for two years. I also had a military service. When I finished that, I decided to go to some place very high. I don’t know why I thought that at that time. Maybe I felt heavy, so I just wanted to go to the high place. I gathered information, and I decided to go Mt. Everest in Nepal. Finally I arrived to Pokara which is starting town to trek, and I started to trek without hesitation. It was good, but not easy. There are great mountain sceneries, and people who are kind and friendly. But it’s so exhausting. Sometimes I had to walk for ten hours a day, and I stayed alone in a lodge without electric or any hot water. One day I asked myself. “Why am I here, why am I trekking?” But I couldn’t answer even with the amazing landscapes. I met a man who was coming back from the peak when I was asking myself for a few days. We talked a whole night about trekking, beautiful mountains, and kindly people. Finally I asked him, “Why did you come here? Why did you climb?” He thought a few seconds, and he started to talk. He said that climbing mountains is very valuable. Not because it’s easy, but because it’s hard. And he continued. “We can’t learn something when do easy things. We learn something when we get over difficulties.” I felt a shock. It was a perfect answer that I tried to find for days. Difficulty is not a subject to avoid, it is a subject to enjoy and to overcome. Next day we separated. I went up, and he went down. Finally I arrived to my destination, the base camp. When I arrived and looked around, I totally understood his words. I felt amazing and an unbelievable feeling. It didn’t mean just a beautiful scene. I could feel something special. Now I know that feeling. It is a feeling of achievement. Since that trip, my attitude about difficulty has changed. I don’t give up easy because I know that I’d get a value when I accomplish a difficulty.
When people overcome difficulty, they get more achievement. I learned this precept when I was traveling in Nepal. All Korean men must do a military service for two years. I also had a military service. When I finished that, I decided to go to some place very high. I don’t know why I thought that at that time. Maybe I felt heavy, so I just wanted to go to the high place. I gathered information, and I decided to go Mt. Everest in Nepal. Finally I arrived to Pokara which is starting town to trek, and I started to trek without hesitation. It was good, but not easy. There are great mountain sceneries, and people who are kind and friendly. But it’s so exhausting. Sometimes I had to walk for ten hours a day, and I stayed alone in a lodge without electric or any hot water. One day I asked myself. “Why am I here, why am I trekking?” But I couldn’t answer even with the amazing landscapes. I met a man who was coming back from the peak when I was asking myself for a few days. We talked a whole night about trekking, beautiful mountains, and kindly people. Finally I asked him, “Why did you come here? Why did you climb?” He thought a few seconds, and he started to talk. He said that climbing mountains is very valuable. Not because it’s easy, but because it’s hard. And he continued. “We can’t learn something when do easy things. We learn something when we get over difficulties.” I felt a shock. It was a perfect answer that I tried to find for days. Difficulty is not a subject to avoid, it is a subject to enjoy and to overcome. Next day we separated. I went up, and he went down. Finally I arrived to my destination, the base camp. When I arrived and looked around, I totally understood his words. I felt amazing and an unbelievable feeling. It didn’t mean just a beautiful scene. I could feel something special. Now I know that feeling. It is a feeling of achievement. Since that trip, my attitude about difficulty has changed. I don’t give up easy because I know that I’d get a value when I accomplish a difficulty.
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