No. 87
Great fortune
鑿石方逢玉
淘沙始見金
青霄終有路
只恐不堅心
In English
- Chisel the stone and you find jade
- sift the sand and gold appears
- the blue sky opens a road at last
- the only fear is a heart that is not firm
- Meaning
- The first half puts the treasure behind the work: jade from chiseled stone, gold from sifted sand. Even under Great fortune, the last line fears only a heart that is not firm, so staying with the effort is what the luck depends on.
- What to do today
- Choose one thing you have decided to keep doing, and do a small share of it.
- A word from the capybara
- Digging in the sand turned up a pretty little pebble.
What 'Great fortune' means (glossary)
The explanations added by each temple differ. The poems and fortunes follow an Edo-period printed edition.
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