2026.04.06 - You Are the Only Person Responsible for Your Life

2026.04.06 – You Are the Sole Person Responsible for Your Life

The role of ancestor worship is constantly underestimated https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/KtArtEBDulneSOWpTfCJZQ
Who are we? We are the descendants of our ancestors, and we are the ancestors of our descendants. We have clan ancestors with surnames, and we also share a common ancestry: Yan and Huang (the legendary founders of Chinese civilization). Once this awareness is awakened, a person is transformed. Knowing where we come from, where we are headed, and what we must do gives us purpose. From the ancestors we receive, to the descendants we pass on, our responsibility is to preserve that inheritance. How we protect it varies because each person occupies a different social role, so the means of expression and action differ. The four lines from the Confucian classic Hengqu capture this:

• Establish the heart for heaven and earth,
• Set the destiny for the people,
• Continue the lost teachings of the sages,
• Open peace for all generations.

“Continuing the lost teachings of the sages” means transmitting our ancestors’ legacy; “opening peace for all generations” means creating space for our descendants. “Establishing the heart for heaven and earth” and “setting the destiny for the people” are the methods of safeguarding it. Additional reading:

• Our ancestors above us
• FAQ: Ancestors are gone—why still honor them during Qingming?
• Seeing collectivism through “a drop of water”: abandoning individualism to forge new unity

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Resting well shouldn’t be this hard https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/JH1qH5lD7mN7331KFEK9iw
Four Zhejiang provincial departments recently issued a “Notice on Further Implementing the Paid Annual Leave System,” promoting the idea of “efficient work, happy life” and calling for an end to “ineffective overtime” and “forced overtime” cultures. Only when society truly acknowledges that “resting according to the law is a basic right” can workers calmly hit the “pause button,” and vacations become genuinely restful and complete. Rest and leave are not just individual rights; they are also crucial levers for stimulating consumption and smoothing economic cycles. We look forward to a healthier, fairer workplace where genuine effort replaces endless competition, “always‑on” overtime loses its allure, and every worker can confidently claim the right to proper rest.

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Horse or coal? That choice will decide whether your job exists in five years https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/yF1e9QaoiDJqNcxJzRKeXw
The biggest future risk isn’t an entire profession disappearing, but the parts of a job that are most easily taken over by tools and cannot be upgraded. Your safety ultimately hinges on three things:

1. How close you are to the real outcome;
2. Whether you possess judgment that no one else can replace;
3. Whether you occupy a position that both the organization and its clients want to keep.

In the end, the real divide created by AI may not be “white‑collar vs. blue‑collar,” nor “programmer vs. non‑programmer,” nor even “who can use AI.” It’s a sharper split: some people remain merely a step in a process; others move upstream in the value chain. The former become cheaper; the latter become fewer—and more valuable.

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From hierarchy to intelligence: Block wants to turn a company into a “thinking system” https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/2022643836841726269
If we had to sum up Block’s article in a down‑to‑earth way, it would be: “In the past, middle managers and layers mainly transmitted information and coordinated. Now AI finally makes it possible to systematize that work, allowing companies to shift from a ‘person‑to‑person’ organization to a ‘system that continuously understands while humans make edge judgments.’” If this happens, the impact won’t be limited to Block; it will gradually rewrite how many companies grow. Additional reading:

• Chen Chunhua: In the age of data‑intelligence, leadership must be redefined
• The real crisis for HIS vendors: hospitals no longer have to buy systems

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Mindset | You Are the Sole Person Responsible for Your Life https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/lR-deKUt3eRpQGXlJtDMQw
“The primary person responsible for health” focuses on the body; “the sole person responsible for life” focuses on the mind. The former helps us live longer; the latter helps us live better. True freedom isn’t the absence of disease; it’s being the master of your own life regardless of health status. Starting today, tell yourself: No one can live my life for me, no one can attain my enlightenment for me; I am the only center of my own existence. When I truly take on this responsibility, I see doctors, medicines, and other people as support rather than dependence; I see illness, setbacks, and death as teachers rather than enemies. I am my own light. A peaceful heart is my home. When actions are proper, the heart rests in righteousness.

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Originally written by Ping Xia (平侠) and published in Chinese on 拾一集 (Weekly Reflections). Translated and adapted for DriftSeas with permission.