However, life is still going on. Since I got a smartphone this summer, I have been growing a new habit for myself - reading news (serious news not just celebrity gossip or wacky/miracles...). It's actually an old habit taking time to recover, but instead of on newspaper or TV, I'm now on a 4.2" screen.
I noticed the word "poise" while ago. Just like how I treat all the other unknown English words, I guess its meaning out . The difference this time is that I'm running into it almost every day recently, across politics and business sections. Furthermore, the context in the article can never tell me if the action was taken in a positive or negative way, everytime when I'm so itchy curious to see which way to go regarding the national-wide new policy or global economy. So I finally got over my laziness and looked this word up in Merriam-Webster. Here comes the best definition,
"balance; to hold supported or suspended without motion in a steady position"
Seems I was all silly about trying to pick a side and follow the lead in this unpredictable world.
(By the way, this reminds me an old Chinese saying - " Handle all changes by no change".)
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