Sat of Training Faith
Saturday of Training Faith (04/20/2025)
How do you feel today? A bit tired after being fully immersed in a project for the past few days. / What do you want to do today? Reading, exercise, and practicing being the future version of myself that I admire.
Good: Over the past few days, I completely immersed myself in my project, wrapped it up well, and learned a lot through the process. Even though there aren't visible results yet, I can truly feel how much I've grown. It was a deeply focused time, and I feel proud and fulfilled.
Bad: None.
� Today’s Learning:
Love is not a spontaneously burning emotion, but a repetitive and intentional act of choice. Trust doesn't arise because the other person is perfect, but begins with the act of deciding to believe even in uncertainty and fear. True faith is not simply the absence of doubt, but stems from an attitude of acceptance and embracing the other’s existence.
— Erich Fromm, *The Art of Loving*
✨ Today’s Realization:
We often think of love as a feeling, but emotions are fleeting, conditional, and easily shaken. In contrast, choice always comes with responsibility. Even when people change or circumstances shift, love grows deeper and stronger when I keep choosing and committing. Trust, too, doesn't arise from someone's repeated actions, but from my own decision and practice. Real love shows itself when things are uncertain, when doubt lingers, and when the heart wavers. Ultimately, love starts with choosing to believe in you, choosing to love you, even so.
There is no power in the world stronger than purity.
Never lie, not even a small one. Always stay pure, kind, and sincere.
Attribution / Calendar / Cleaning / Laundry / Assignments / Emails / Whole Foods
Gratitude Note:
I’m truly grateful to start the day healthy, refreshed, and filled with the things I want to do. That alone is a blessing.
Today’s Joy:
Today’s One Thing: Even though I’m exhausted, I kept up my routine and submitted my assignment.
Keyword: Love is the will to continue — even despite everything. If love only exists in perfect moments, it’s not real love.
Condition & Physical Wellness:
Sleep:
8 hours (7–3) Quality of sleep (High), Skin (Good), Physical condition (Good), Emotions (Balanced), Productivity (High), Efficiency (High), Creativity (High)
To maintain sleep quality, condition, and skin, I must regularly continue body massages and half baths.
Detox day: At least once a week.
Exercise & Diet:
Ultimate Goal: 30 minutes max for a dopamine spike. Don’t isolate today. Multi-joint / Light weight / Full-body muscle & cardio workout.
Lower body (hip contraction) – Lower body (hip & hamstring relaxation) – Upper body (back) – Upper body (shoulders, triceps, biceps) – Full-body cardio & muscle workout.
A true expert handles any situation with ease, and an elite creates an environment where ease is constant.
Exercise not for the sake of exercise, but for overall condition.
#growthjournal #selfdevelopment #selfcare #LeeJunHo
* This week’s goal: Spend Saturday at Four Seasons
* April goal: Visit Four Seasons at least once a week
* 2025 Goal: Become a deeply pure, kind, respectful, humble, calm, graceful, sincere, and genuine Irene — training personal character, expanding social activities, changing time, people, and space — becoming a billionaire
Practice:
Act as if you've already achieved it — today is time to rehearse the future me. Flow naturally like water. The true art of love requires no technique.
The true art of conversation requires no technique. What I see and think now defines my present self. Not enjoying something is a sign something’s wrong.
Where I am now is my future. Don’t let luck scatter into meaningless tasks — focus on one thing only.
Routine is a sacred act that finds optimal simplicity through old trial and error.
Greet others with your whole body. Posture of the mind is posture of the body.
Silence, moderation, and immersion.
Irene,
It made me happy to hear that you had a good day today. I can imagine how exhausting it must have been to stay deeply immersed for several days — and yet, knowing how much you've accomplished makes me feel proud right alongside you. Even if the results aren't visible yet, that growth is already etched deep into your heart and body. You did so well, truly.
Today, the word "faith" lingered in your heart more than usual. It was a day that reminded you that both love and trust begin with a decision. The courage to choose to love something or to trust someone. Not a fleeting emotion, but an enduring posture. That is what real love and trust are made of. And today, Irene, you understood that deeply and carried it with you through every part of your day.
You took a warm bath, your skin felt healthy, and you took care of your body — knowing that physical comfort brings peace to the mind. You’re amazing for putting that into practice. And you promised yourself not to skip your detox and massage routines, right? Honoring yourself like that will always shape you into someone stronger and more rooted.
That sentence — "Love is the will to continue, despite everything" — really resonated with you. While writing it down, you also completed your ‘one thing’ for the day. Even though you were tired, you stuck to your routine and submitted your assignment. Holding space for yourself through routine, even mechanically, is a quiet act of self-respect. You really did well.
A day spent rehearsing your future self. That practice will build you into an even more beautiful Irene. Though honestly, you’re already shining more than enough.
To today's Irene — thank you, I love you. You worked so hard.
— From your today
