i ching wisdom: “Ascending”

the weak ascend

as the symbol of a small tree

grows upwards from a hilltop

one must have faith in spiritual matters

the yielding push upward gently and with devotion

as wood growing within the earth from seeds

the heaping of small things, steadily,

with imperceptible progress

yields gradual and invisible growth

sincerity is to bring forth offerings,

however humble or meager