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What Am I Really Living For?

Sep 18

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“If I begin again, what is truly worth giving my life to?”

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Fang Tianliang HW04 L1 Cover Image. In a nighttime bedroom scene, an adult man sits on the edge of the bed, deep in thought; a digital bedside clock displays 2:00 AM, while his wife and child sleep soundly nearby. The image features the main headline "Waking Up Early" and "2:00 AM—He Doesn't Reach for His Phone," alongside the subheading "Why Do You Always Wake Up Precisely at 2:00 AM?" The overall atmosphere is quiet yet warm, capturing the themes of early-morning awakening and contemplative insomnia.

Waking up early in the morning Two in the Morning, and He Didn't Reach for His Phone

Awake at two in the morning, A-Wei sat by the bedside without picking up his phone; the screen displayed a discussion on early morning awakening, sleep maintenance insomnia, and the differing perspectives of Western and Traditional Chinese medicine regarding waking up during the night.

Half Past Two, and the Lamp Was Still On

Reflections on the adage that "wealth does not last beyond three generations" and the nature of family legacy: Wealth is merely one component of an inheritance. A family may pass on reputation, character, family precepts, education, habits, and systems to future generations—or it may leave behind debt, infamy, and harm. Drawing on seven dimensions—surplus wealth, reputation, virtue, systems, habits, debt, and harm—this article explores why some families endure for centuries while others, despite possessing immense wealth, rapidly decline. It also invokes the wisdom of the *I Ching*—"A family that accumulates goodness is sure to have abundant blessings; a family that accumulates evil is sure to have abundant calamities"—to pose a fundamental question: What will our choices today ultimately leave to our descendants after we depart this world?

Why Do Fortunes Disappear by the Third Generation?

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