[I’d rather be sitting here / Cũng là ngồi, nhưng muốn ngồi ở đây] 🏞️🌬️🍃 Sitting alone, mind often strays, Emotions linger, thoughts in a daze. Clouds enshroud the mountain’s base, Wind howls through the valley’s space. // 独坐常忽忽， 情怀何悠悠。 山腰云缦缦， 谷口风飕飕。 Dú zuò cháng hūhū, Qínghuái hé yōuyōu. Shānyāo yún màn màn, Gǔkǒu fēng … Read more
🏔️👟😓 Ce n’est pas la montagne à gravir qui vous fera abandonner, c’est le caillou dans votre chaussure. // It isn’t the mountain ahead that wears you out; it is the grain of sand in your shoe. // 使人疲惫的不是远方的高山，而是鞋里的一粒沙子。 Shǐ rén píbèi de bùshì yuǎnfāng de gāoshān, ér shì xié lǐ de yī lì shāzi. … Read more
According to Pedometer app, I walked the most steps in my Sichuan trip: 1. July 5: 31,497 steps ≈ 19.78 kilometers (in Chengdu) 2. July 6: 29,337 steps(in Chengdu) 3. July 3: 28,849 steps (in Mt. Siguniang) 4. June 24: 23,878 steps (in Dujiangyan and Chengdu) 5. June 26: 23,233 steps (in Songpan and Mounigou) … Read more
🏞️🌲🌾 Rise and fall outside the mountain, Those in the mountain don’t know. In the past year, There’s nothing to worry about. So people in the mountain, Live well into old age. They’re willing to eat pine flowers and cypress seeds, Old people return here for peace. // 山外兴与废， 山中皆不知。 算来一年中， 所忧无一时。 所以山中人， 人人皆其颐。 松花柏子肯许食， … Read more
🚶♂️🌊🏔️ The road is tough, not because of water or mountains, but because of the ever-changing nature of human relationships. // 行路难，不在水，不在山，只在人情反覆间。 Xínglù nán, bùzài shuǐ, bùzài shān, zhǐ zài rénqíng fǎnfù jiān. // Hành lộ nan, bất tại thủy, bất tại sơn, chỉ tại nhân tình phản phúc gian. // Đường đi khó, không … Read more