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title: Life is cyclic
created: 2024-11-18T09:18:12
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> _“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](https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/2475030)_

> _“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]([https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1981-my-experience-of-life-is-that-it-is-not-divided](https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1981-my-experience-of-life-is-that-it-is-not-divided))_

> _“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens.” — Ecclesiastes 3:1_
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> 「天下萬物皆有定時。」—《聖經・舊約・傳道書第 3 章第 1 節》

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[The Surfer Mentality](https://www.sahilbloom.com/newsletter/the-surfer-mentality)

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喜憂參半是生活，起起落落 [^1] 是人生。

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[Life is a rollercoaster. Just gotta ride it.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpBTTlXzuGY) Enjoy the ride!

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Some seasons you produce fruit, some seasons you prune, and some seasons you let your roots grow deep.

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[業 (Karma)](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/zht/%E8%A9%9E%E5%85%B8/%E8%8B%B1%E8%AA%9E-%E6%BC%A2%E8%AA%9E-%E7%B9%81%E9%AB%94/karma) is the belief that your actions and choices can shape your life and the next.

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# 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)

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The [Solstice (至日)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solstice) [^2] reminds us: life is a beautiful cycle of _renewal_ and _retreat_, each phase mirroring the other. [^3] Embrace life’s natural rhythms.

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好是壞的開始，壞是好的開始。

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[The Chinese Farmer Parable](the-chinese-farmer-parable.md)

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[Hope for the best, prepare for the worst](hope-for-the-best-prepare-for-the-worst.md)

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[Dispel your narratives](dispel-your-narratives.md)

[^1]: the ebb and the flow
[^2]: marks the longest and shortest days of the year
[^3]: “Renewal” signifies growth, rebirth, and new beginnings, while “Retreat” represents rest, reflection, and introspection.