We greeted yesterday the
Chinese New Year. Happy Chinese New Year
my dear friends that celebrate! I wish
you and all those you love best of luck, good health and fortune for the
forthcoming year of the Goat!
I would love to share few of my
favourite Chinese proverbs that often I draw wisdom from for my own strength
and enlightenment:
Patience is power; with
time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes silk.
When luck visits you,
everyone will know where you live.
Be not afraid of growing slowly;
be afraid only of standing still.
To attract good fortune,
spend a new coin on an old friend, share an old pleasure with a new friend, and
lift up the heart of a true friend by writing his name on the wings of a
dragon.
If you want happiness for
an hour, take a nap. If you want
happiness for a day, go fishing. If you
want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime, help
somebody.
Kindness is the best
quality of the soul.
Frugality is the mother
of prosperity.
Don't curse the darkness
- light a candle.
The best time to plant a
tree was 20 years ago. The second best
time is now.
If you are patient in one
moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.
Health and prosperity,
Sophia
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So very wise Sophia. I could eat a dumpling right now!
ReplyDeleteYou know Jane what's funny - my older daughter thinks that Jackie Chan has said these wise words :) ...
DeleteI can't resist prawn dumplings!
Beautiful and wise words.
ReplyDeleteLovely dumplings.
Cheers,
Rosa
Thank you Rosa,
DeleteChinese (and Jackie Chan) are experts at saying wise things and cooking magnificently.
I can only write odes to that...
hugs, S.xo