Stick #81: Perseverance Required (Very Unfavorable)
至暗时刻莫言弃，坚持一日是一日。寒冬终会过去也，梅花香自苦寒出。
Plain reading
At the darkest hour, do not speak of giving up — hold one day at a time. Winter will pass; plum blossom fragrance comes from bitter cold.
Interpretation
This is a very unfavorable lot titled "Perseverance Required." At the darkest hour, do not speak of quitting — hold one day as one day. "Winter will pass; plum fragrance comes from bitter cold" shows sweetness follows bitterness; only those who endure taste the blossom.
Advice
Each day do one thing: survive and make no irreversible choice. Record "what I held to today" — small merit waits for spring.
From the Plum Blossom poems: "Sword edge comes from grinding; plum fragrance from bitter cold" — those who endure the darkest hour finally see blossom.