East Asia
Lives from this region that outlived their era
Confucius
How will I be remembered today by those I met?
Laozi
What can I stop doing today, instead of striving to do more?
Zhuangzi
Am I taking my current self too seriously?
Mencius
Did I speak what I believed was right today, even at a cost?
Sima Qian
If today were one line in the record of my life, what would it say?
Li Bai
When was the lightest minute of laughter in your day?
Du Fu
Did I lean my heart, even briefly, toward someone else's hardship today?
King Sejong the Great
Did I use any of my abilities for someone else today, even once?
Yi Hwang (Toegye)
Did I bring my full sincerity to even one task today, even when no one was watching?
Yi I (Yulgok)
Did I begin even one small preparation for tomorrow's risk today?
Miyamoto Musashi
Was there real intention in what I did today, or only habit?
Matsuo Bashō
What small poem was hidden in one thing I passed by today without noticing?
Park Jiwon (Yeonam)
What "obvious" thing in my daily life did I never once question today?
Jeong Yakyong (Dasan)
When I am at my hardest place, what can I still begin?
Kim Jeong-hui (Chusa)
After stripping the polish, what single solid line remains of what I did today?
Fukuzawa Yukichi
Did I treat those above and below me with the same weight today?
An Junggeun
Did I do even one thing today I believed was right, knowing it would cost me?
Kim Gu (Baekbeom)
Was I remembered today for what I gave, not what I had?
Wang Yangming
Of all the things I knew were right today, how many did I actually do?
Mozi
Did I hold the pain of distant strangers as close as those near me today?
Zhu Xi
Did I look at one task today, not for its result but for its inner grain?
Shin Saimdang
In the smallest corner of my day, am I still making something beautiful?
Heo Jun
Did I listen, even once today, to the small signal my own body sent me?
Yi Sun-sin
When my resources seem smallest, what can I still begin?
Han Yong-un (Manhae)
What I thought I had lost — is it truly gone, or simply standing beside me in another form?
An Changho (Dosan)
Did I embody the change I wish to see, in even one action today?
