/blog/en/tags/mtor/Recent content in MTOR on 飛脚 / HIKYAKUHugoenWed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000/blog/en/posts/forty-and-the-valley/Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000/blog/en/posts/forty-and-the-valley/<p>As the forties approach, certain things come into clearer view. A few failures, a few successes. The things that couldn&rsquo;t be helped, and the things that turned out alright. The shape of how the world works begins to emerge — and within that shape, many people begin to ask what their own life is for.</p> <h2 id="the-real-meaning-of-no-doubt">The real meaning of &ldquo;no doubt&rdquo;</h2> <p>Confucius left these words in the <em>Analects</em>:</p> <blockquote> <p>At thirty I stood firm. At forty I had no doubts. At fifty I knew the decrees of Heaven. At sixty my ear was attuned to the truth.</p>