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

“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

The Surfer Mentality

喜憂參半是生活，起起落落 ¹ 是人生

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.

Kalachakra

• = 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。

See Also

• Hope for the best, prepare for the worst