Finally, it's the New Year and it's time to get back into the flow of things. A recent reading has convinced me that updating this blog is more important than waiting until I have a completely finished article to post or until I feel inspired. There have been many changes over the past year and through it all I've been encouraged to become more involved, and yet I've hesitated. There are so many other things that require attention, why not wait and see how things develop? Often, this is perfectly good advice, but the disadvantage is that waiting and watching can continue for far too long, and developments can definitely take a wrong turn if one stays on the sidelines. And so, in order to get back into blogging after such a long hiatus I began to entertain the idea of creating another blog. This would enable me to have one blog for short articles and reviews which would be updated less regularly, and another blog for readings and brief observations which could be updated much more easily. With this in the back of my mind ( I did not formally ask a question) I received the following.

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(Please excuse the non-standard notation for a solid line changing to opened line)

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According to the text, the imagery associated with Hexagram 28 is that of a roof beam that is slightly weak at the ends so that the beam is bending or sagging under the weight of the roof. Since the name of this hexagram is Great Surpassing, it seems reasonable to think of the structure as being rather substantial. The changing line shows a variation on this theme. Here the roof beam is in much better condition--in fact, the beam is bearing the weight well and the commentary for line four indicates that the beam is not sagging.

Line four connects well with my situation since it answers the question that was on my mind--it indicates that this one blog (roof beam) is just fine and having another (blog) would not be favorable, and might even cause greater difficulty. It is a mild warning, but a warning just the same and it shouldn't be ignored. Overall, it's an encouraging message and it helps to motivate me to make a greater effort to continue blogging and sharing experiences and ideas.

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