Stick #52: Many Hardships (Slightly Unfavorable)
前路崎岖石荦荦，行来步步要留神。困难虽多非绝境，咬牙挺过见新春。
Plain reading
The road ahead is rough and stony; every step demands your attention. The hardships are many, but this is not a dead end — grit your teeth and push through, and spring will come.
Interpretation
This is a slightly unfavorable lot titled "Many Hardships." The path is rocky and thorny at every step, yet the final line — "grit your teeth and spring will come" — shows the plight is not hopeless. For now, open the way with endurance: do not expect success in a day, but seek progress every day.
Advice
Break large goals into small steps you can finish; record each completed task. When blocked, rest half a day before trying again — do not force your way through while exhausted.
From the tale of the Foolish Old Man who moved mountains: Taihang and Wangwu blocked the way, yet generation after generation kept digging — a sign that small efforts over time can move great obstacles.