4 August 20263 min read

“Life is like a wheel. Sooner or later, it always comes around to where you started again.” — Stephen King

“There are years that ask questions and years that answer.” — Zora Neale Hurston

“Nobody’s going to win all the time. On the highway of life you can’t always be in the fast lane.” — Haruki Murakami, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

“Everything in life opens and closes, sheds and renews. We are no different.” — Mark Nepo

“My experience of life is that it is not divided up into genres; it’s a horrifying, romantic, tragic, comical, science-fiction cowboy detective novel. You know, with a bit of pornography if you’re lucky.” — Alan Moore

“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens.” — Ecclesiastes 3:1

天下萬物皆有定時。 —《聖經・舊約・傳道書》第 3 章第 1 節

“Stability leads to instability. The more stable things become and the longer things are stable, the more unstable they will be when the crisis hits.” — Hyman Minsky


The Surfer Mentality

“Be a surfer. Watch the ocean. Figure out where the big waves are breaking and adjust accordingly.” — 37Signals, Getting Real: The Smarter, Faster, Easier Way to Build a Web Application


喜憂參半是生活,起起落落 1 是人生。


沒有任何事是永恆的,凡事皆無常;人生的一切起起伏伏都會過去,無論是美好的事物或痛苦的經歷。


你可以什麼都不信,但一定要相信週期。這世間萬物,無非是因果和週期。高高在上的東西,有一天會跌落神壇;沉潛低谷的東西,有一天也會重見天日。


Life is a rollercoaster. Just gotta ride it. Enjoy the ride!


Some seasons you produce fruit, some seasons you prune, and some seasons you let your roots grow deep.


業 (Karma) is the belief that your actions and choices can shape your life and the next.


  • = The Wheel of Time/History = The Cyclicality/Seasonality of Life
  • Time goes through a natural three-part cycle:
    1. Creation (growth)
    2. Destruction (struggle, valley of stagnation)
    3. Rebirth (new beginnings)

The Solstice (至日) 2 reminds us: life is a beautiful cycle of renewal and retreat, each phase mirroring the other. 3 Embrace life’s natural rhythms.


好是壞的開始,壞是好的開始。


功不唐捐:所下的功夫和付出的努力都不會白費,終將獲得回報。


The Chinese Farmer


Hope for the best, prepare for the worst


Dispel your narratives


This too shall pass

  1. the ebb and the flow ⌃

  2. marks the longest and shortest days of the year ⌃

  3. “Renewal” signifies growth, rebirth, and new beginnings, while “Retreat” represents rest, reflection, and introspection. ⌃

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