A word for your life and for this present digital world of exponential change?
ZaoBao 10 words for 2023 are：
诈、战、难、智、热、丑、百、冲、洗、裂——这10个汉字从不同侧面反映了2023年的特征，哪一个最能代表这一年？
For me, the word that will last the time, especially as we go forth in this exponential world, will be 忙 - busyness, hurrying, just do - no time to think!
The Chinese word for hurrying and busyness is 忙。 It is made up of heart and death. Hurrying is the death of the heart to think and take charge. My teacher in secondary school gave me a word of wisdom - 忙吗？ 那就要慢。 When you are very busy, then you need to slow down. 慢 - slow; is made up of heart and 曼 which means long and beautiful. Slowing down is to stretch the time and keep things beautiful.
Pause and enjoy the beauty of nature, people's relationships, food, etc. When we are at rest, then we can think and reflect, and then we can find the resolution to all the busyness that we are caught in.
知止而后有定，定而后能静，静而后能安，安而后能虑，虑而后能得 ---《礼记·大学》
"Recognize the endpoint(destination, vision), and then there will be stability( don't run here and there and pursue this or that). Attain stability, and then there can be tranquility. Achieve tranquility, and then there can be peace. Attain peace, and then there can be contemplation (figure out how to achieve the vision). Contemplate, and then there can be accomplishment. ( follow your plan to achieve the visions"
Lim Liat (c) 11-12-2023
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