Life’s journey is often marked by the interplay of adversity and fortune. A common misconception is that being kind to others leads to personal loss. However, this apparent loss is the seed from which future blessings grow, embodying the principle of “turning misfortune into fortune.” This idea extends to our perception of hardships. While commonly ...
Who in this world always has a smooth and easy life? Year after year, people go through the cycle of birth, old age, sickness, and death, experiencing many ups and downs throughout their lives. As the saying goes: “Life is like traveling on a road, and there are always mountains and rivers in front of ...
The recent pandemic is, without a doubt, one of the greatest catastrophes we have experienced in our lifetimes. Yet, in the long annals of Chinese history, numerous accounts exist of plagues and other calamities of similar scale. These instances from antiquity provide us with invaluable insights into how emperors and common folk alike managed to ...
An old Chinese proverb says: “Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.” This held true for Sima Qian and his friend Ren An. Sima Qian (145-86 B.C.) served as the governor of Yizhou (in modern Sichuan) after inheriting his father Sima Tan’s official position as the royal historian. He was working on ...
One way or another, at some time or another and at the worst possible time, adversity will show up at your door. Depending on the way you handle it, whether it is physical, spiritual, or emotional, adversity can be your friend or foe. Facing adversity can make you or break you. “If a man is ...
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