2025.03.24 - Find Your Own Rhythm
Ping Xia
Title: 2025.03.24 – Finding Your Own Rhythm
Reading Picks:
The more one indulges in desire, the shallower the insight; the more one clings to the external, the more clumsy the inner self. — Zhuangzi
Fu Peirong: A sentence taught to elementary students that 300 college students won’t dare answer—what’s going on? https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/wj7JRbe3pfTC7GnOvdaUQQ
The “when” in “study and practice it at the right time” should be understood as “at an appropriate moment.”
Don’t Get Trapped Inside the Screen https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/hF9KdruauzmH9oUn1FP0Ig
Step away from the screen—go hike in the mountains, stroll by a lake, listen to the rain, inhale the scent of books. You may find that these ordinary moments are actually more beautiful and precious.
Finding Your Own Rhythm https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/qgNQeVEFyf75Jh_Kyb-n6A
We should use our own feelings as the starting point and discover a life‑and‑work tempo that fits us. Being able to stay in a pleasant mood most of the time, maintaining a flexible and responsive state, is what feels right for me right now.
Don’t Isolate Children from the World https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/uvpUh5aGwgjg2UY2fho0WQ
Chinese culture places more emphasis on a person’s state of being than on knowledge. This state of being isn’t just an individual condition; it’s the harmony between a person and their environment—the genuine feelings and feedback they receive from the world, not merely cerebral, linguistic, or theoretical “logic.” Anything that reinforces extreme individualism is problematic. Remember, remember!!!
Spring Equinox Arrives, All Things Grow https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/A4u4avI02B23ol1dlkixnA
Spring is the season of renewal. Moderate exercise helps the yang energy rise. On the day of the spring equinox, you can practice the “Diamond Longevity Exercise.” The Diamond Exercise is yang, strong; the Longevity Exercise is yin, gentle. Practicing them together blends hardness and softness, achieving yin‑yang balance. Be careful: exercise should be moderate, not excessive, and always matched to your own physical condition.
Originally written by Ping Xia (平侠) and published in Chinese on 拾一集 (Weekly Reflections). Translated and adapted for DriftSeas with permission.