Lot 59 of 100
You climb a tall building to take shelter
The poem
直上高樓去避身四邊繞處是荊榛誰知造物安排定得意番成失意人
In English
You climb a tall building to take shelter,yet all around it are brambles and thorns.Who knew the Creator had arranged it so,that a person pleased in one moment becomes disappointed in the next?
What it says
Climbing high to find shelter, you find brambles all around: a seemingly safe place may still have its troubles. The poem says that pleasure can turn to disappointment through the Creator's arrangement. Stay careful when things go well, and do not despair if they turn.
A thought to take with you
Do not be careless when things go well, nor despairing when they do not; keep an even mind.