Siqi Tiaoshen Lun 'Great Treatise on the Four Seasons and the Regulation of Shen (神)' via Yvette Masure

“The three months of summer are called 'flourish and bloom' (夏三月此謂蕃秀).

Between heaven and earth, within the (space) of the qijiao, the ten thousand things exhibit their fullness and glory (夏三月此謂蕃秀天地氣交萬物華實).

Retire as the night falls and arise in the early morning (夜臥早起).

Do not meet the day with a sour disposition, allow your will to be without anger (無厭於日使志無怒).

Cultivate excellence and bring forth what is magnificent and beautiful (使華英成秀).

Allow your qi to open and display your love to the world (使氣得泄若所愛在外).

In this way align yourself and be sustained by the qi summer (此夏氣之應養長之道也). Acting contrary to this brings harm the heart."

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✒️5 Sentences from You

(a weekly space for readers to share 5 sentences - keep them coming)

1️⃣Choose just 4 of your interests. 2️⃣ Er... 3️⃣ That's it. By Ian Moncrieff MacMillan

I have too many interests and find it hard to decide what to focus on....so HGW sent me a copy of Margaret Lobenstine's "The Renaissance Soul".

It's like you go to an ice cream shop, but have to choose one flavour FOR LIFE. Paralysis!

Or you can choose to get a bucket with one scoop of every flavour, but you have to eat it all before you leave. Overwhelm!

Imagine instead a 3rd option....a tasting plate with 4 mini-scoops of any combination of flavours, which you can stick with or swap around any time you visit. Perfect!

So I'm narrowing my focus a little...on 4 interests (so I don't get bored):

"Clean" Work | "Dirty" Work || Seeing The Way | Connecting The Dots

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📰Good News Friday

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