As we stride into July, we instinctively realize that less than half the year remains. Time can be viewed differently depending on how you value it. Some may say only a handful of things can be changed by the end of this year while some may say scores of things can be altered significantly if we strive to make a move even though the remaining time is short. It is relevant to the "glass half-full" or "glass half-empty" idiom, which describes optimistic or pessimistic outlooks of individuals.
I recently happened to read my piece "Courage to continue," which appeared in this section of The Korea Times at the beginning of this year. The writing was about my commitment to keep my resolutions despite repeated failures in a series........