<h1 style="text-align: center;"> <b style="color: rgb(255, 138, 0);">“封城”中的自我反思！</b></h1><p class="ql-block"><br></p> On the 28th May 2021, Melbournians wake up in the 4th lockdown since the COVID19 pandemic! Labelled a “circuit breaker” lockdown, the state-wide stay-at-home order came into force in the attempt to stop the new strain of COVID19 spreading! Poor Victorians, we have been labelled by our fellow countrymen as “Loctorians”. Why is Victoria the nation's lockdown capital? The politicians are busy making justifications and excuses while the rest of Melbournians are trying to cope with the new challenges again, lockdown for 7 days, 14 days or perhaps even longer.<br>2021 年 5 月 28 日，墨尔本人再一次被封城了！这是因 COVID19 疫情的第四次封城！这次封城被标记为“断路器”试的封锁，阻止新的 COVID19 病毒传播！可怜的维多利亚人，我们被别省的同胞们贴上了“Loctorians”的标签。为什么维多利亚州变成了是全国“封城”之都？当政客们都忙于辩解甩锅之时，墨尔本人则在努力再次应对新的挑战，封城7 天、14 天，或许更长时间？谁都不知道。<br> <p class="ql-block"><b style="color: rgb(237, 35, 8);">Life in “Lockdown": </b></p><p class="ql-block">We have already got used to it now, adapted new lifestyle, working online, shopping online, singing online, and even group exercises online….. Internet is our new essential in life, we can live without food and water for few days, but we can’t live without internet, even for a day. But how to live well in lockdown? Lockdown has been difficult for many people for lots of different reasons. </p><p class="ql-block"><b style="color: rgb(237, 35, 8);">“封城”的生活：</b></p><p class="ql-block">我们现在已经习惯了，适应了新的生活方式，网上工作，网上购物，网上唱歌，甚至网上集体练习……互联网是我们新的生活必需品，我们可以几天不吃不喝，但是我们不能没有互联网，即使是一天。但是如何在封城中过得好？由于许多不同的原因，对许多人来说，封城是一个困境。</p> <font color="#ED2308"><b>Turning a dilemma into a growth opportunity:</b></font><br>Same time last year when we were in our 1st lockdown, I told my students to turn a dilemma into a growth opportunity. This “circuit breaker lockdown” would be the same. It is an opportunity, an opportunity for me to catch up with many outstanding workload and study-load, an opportunity to spend time with my family. We are often too busy to be keeping up our pace with the fast-moving world, we forgot to pause to catch our breath. We can’t stop as the world doesn’t stop and wait for you, just like the story of the turtle and rabbit. But “Lockdown” gives people an opportunity to catch our breath, and to have time to think and reflect. To me, this lockdown gives me the time that I desperately need but afraid of being left behind if I stop. For the past week since lockdown, I was able to catch up with my work and studies, and the laughing sounds start to fill in my house, I was able to see my children properly around the dinner table, since we haven’t been able to find time and eat together for the past few months even though that we all live under the same roof. Our busy work-study schedules made us impossible to have a family time together. Thanks “lockdown”, I am now recharged and ready to get on my life journey and continue. I hope that sharing my story here with you all will also help you to find the balance you need and turning a bad situation into a growth opportunity.<br><font color="#ED2308"><b>把困境变成机会：</b></font><br>去年的此时，我们也处于第一次疫情封城。当时，我告诉我的学生们有学会把困境变成机会。这次疫情封城也不例外。这是一个机会，一个喘气的机会，一个与家人共度时光的机会。我们通常都忙于学习工作，紧跟着快速变化的世界步伐，却常常忘记停下来喘口气。我们不能停下来，因为世界不会等待停留的你，就像乌龟和兔子的故事一样。但“封城”让我们有了喘口气的机会，让我们有时间思考和反思。对我来说，“封城”给了我迫切需要的时间。这段时间，我赶上我的工作和学习，笑声开始充满我的家，我能够和孩子在餐桌旁一起吃饭说笑。在过去的几个月里，我们都忙碌于各自的工作和学习中，尽管我们都住在同一个屋檐下，但很少能够有机会与家人共度时光。感谢“封城”，让我有机会修生养神，储精蓄锐。我希望在这里与大家分享我的故事，帮助你找到你所需要的平衡，把困境变成机会。<br> <p class="ql-block"><b style="color: rgb(237, 35, 8);">An opportunity to Reflect</b></p><p class="ql-block">During this lockdown, I also did a lot of thinking and reflection. Reflecting my life journey so far, ups and downs like most people. I can’t complain. Instead that I appreciate what I have and try to make sure that I can live next stage of my life without regrets. I have thought long and hard about what retirement means to me. It’s time to do Whatever I Want! But what is it really that I want to do? What is my life about? What am I going to do with the rest of my life? I have been searching for answers. </p><p class="ql-block"><b style="color: rgb(237, 35, 8);">反思</b></p><p class="ql-block">在这次疫情封城期间，我也做了很多思考和反思。回头观望我迄今为止的人生旅程，像大多数人一样跌宕起伏，无可抱怨。相反，我感恩我所拥有的。想努力确保我可以毫无遗憾地度过人生的下一个阶段。我一直在认真思考这么几个问题：对我来说，退休的意义是什么？应该是做自己想做的事情！但我真正想做的是什么呢？我一直在寻找答案。</p> <p class="ql-block">All my life so far has been on the journey of researching, developing, and advancing medical treatments. As technologies progressing, more and more we understand that human health is not just about to have a well-working organ or system, but a well-connected organ network system. As such, a new approach in Western Medicine called “precision medicine” is emerging, which treat disease taking into account individual variability in genes, environment, and lifestyle for each person. Wow! What a fascinating new approach! Great concept, isn’t it? But, wait a moment, does this concept sounds familiar? “Treating patients holistically…” Of course, being a Chinese, we immediately relate this to the Chinese medicine, the holistic and dialectical materialism approach to human health is the philosophy behind the Chinese medicine, which development in ancient China 5000 years ago….so “precision medicine” is not new approach after all….. is it fascinating? The Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) once again caught my eye and attention.</p><p class="ql-block">到目前为止，我一直都在从事研究、开发和推进先进医学治疗手段的工作。随着技术的进步，我们越来越明白，人类健康不仅仅需要一个个运转良好的器官，更重要的是一个连接器官良好运作的系统。因此，西方医学中近年出现了一种称为“精准医学”的新方法，该方法根据每个人的基因、环境和生活方式的个体差异来治疗疾病。哇！多么激动人心的新方法！概念新颖，不是吗？但是，等一等，这个概念听起来怎么这么熟悉呢？ “从整体上看病……”这不就是中医的治病救人的理论方法吗？整体性和辩证性是中医背后的哲学，它在5000年前的中国古代就有了……。所以今天的“精准医学”并不是一个新的概念……中医再一次引起了我的关注。</p> <p class="ql-block">Early this year, I re-entered the University door as a student to study a Master’s degree in Chinese Medicine. Ironically, I study our ancestral classical medical principles in English! Holding the golden TCM textbooks all written by foreigners in my hand, I really don’t feel good about it. I hope that one day that the TCM textbooks used in here will be written and translated by Chinese! </p><p class="ql-block">今年年初，我以学生身份又重新进入大学的校门，攻读中医硕士学位。但可笑的是我是用英语来学习我们祖先的经典医学哲理！手捧着老外写的厚厚中医教材，感觉真的不爽！我希望有朝一日，这里所用的中医教科书都是由中国人编写的！</p> This journey of studying Chinese Medicine so far has changed my views not only on human health and illness, but also in my daily thinking and mentality. The philosophy of Yin/Yang occurs to all matters in the universe. Just like this “lockdown”, I could see the “Yang” aspect of the matter in a “Yin” situation, with such mindset, I find harmony.<br>到目前为止，这次的中医学习之旅不仅改变了我对健康和疾病的看法，也改变了我日常的思维和心态。“阴阳”哲学出现在宇宙中的所有事物中。就像这次“封城”一样，在看上去“阴”的状况下，我也看到事情的“阳”面。以这样的心态，我找到了和谐。<br> This is going to be a long journey for me, particularly at my age. To be a Chinese medicine practitioner, you must not only study medical skills, but also study philosophy, and improve your Chinese medicine literacy through philosophy. I believe in hard work and perseverance. There is a saying that as long as you run, the world will run with you, as soon as you stop, the world will abandon you and run alone. Only if you determine a direction and run hard, the world will make way for you.<br>I will keep running to my goal……<br>中医学习之旅对我来说将是一段漫长的旅程，尤其是在我这个年纪。作一个中医人，不但要精研医术，更要研究哲理，通过哲理来提升中医素养。我相信努力和毅力。有句话说的好：只要你奔跑，这个世界就会跟着你奔跑，只要你停驻，这个世界就会舍弃你独自奔跑。唯有你确定一个方向，使劲的跑起来，这个世界会为你而让路。<br>我会继续向我的目标奔跑……<br> <p class="ql-block">Reflection is a powerful tool to reprocess learning and put things in prospective. Confucius said: Learning without reflection is waste; Reflection without learning is dangerous. I will continue to learn and reflect.</p><p class="ql-block">反思, 是一种非常有益的技能和工具。反思不仅可以回顾所学的知识，还可以展望未来。孔子说：学而不思则罔，思而不学则殆。我会继续学习和反思。</p><p class="ql-block"><span style="font-size: 18px;">🍂Sue-五味子🍁 </span>2021 年 6 月 5 日在墨尔本 第4次Covid19 封城期间。</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">🍂Sue-五味子🍁5th June 2021 during the 4th Melbourne "Covid19 Lockdown".</p>