溫故知新 Old wisdom, today’s insight — ONGO
Alone and Still, Before Any Sign
Between the path to success society has already laid out and my own still-unknown path, which do I choose?
The crowd is joyous, as though feasting at a great banquet, as though climbing a tower in spring. I alone remain still and plain, showing no sign yet.
Laozi wrote that while everyone else is joyous as though feasting, he alone stands still and plain, showing no sign yet.
📝The Classic Answers
Laozi wrote that while everyone else is joyous as though feasting, he alone stands still and plain, showing no sign yet. This is not alienation but the strength to endure what has not yet been decided. Standing among people pushed toward a predetermined path to success after graduation, not yet knowing what one is to become, is nothing to be ashamed of. Whenever others appear full of certainty, I remember that this plainness, showing no sign at all, is precisely the place before a true beginning.
🌱Apply It Today
If not having decided yet feels unsettling today, let that uncertainty simply be, for just one day.
The film is honored as an equal questioner; its plot is rendered only as a universal dilemma. The classic source is an ancient text (Public Domain), and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.
