"Whether the rainstorms blow or the warm sun shines, I walk my path silently with straw shoes and a bamboo cane. Do not be shaken by the weather of life."
Today's Question
Have you ever deliberately steadied your mind to stay calm in the face of small misfortunes or unexpected luck? If so, what mindset was it?
Su Shi, singing through the rainstorm on his way to exile
Su Shi was a poet-statesman who was exiled to Huangzhou, farming and living in poverty after political conflicts.
Caught in a sudden storm, others panicked, but he walked on silently with straw shoes and a bamboo cane. He smiled and wrote a poem, noting that rainstorms are part of nature and the sun would return.