Small excess, careful stepsSmall Exceeding
Be exact in small things; relax in large ones.
Xiao Guo: two yang below, four yin above — the whole gestalt is small exceeding: small excesses, small errors, small oversteps. Not great risk but many small things: keys left behind, replies late, details missed, courtesies slightly off. The flying bird leaves its song: be steady in the small; the large may stay loose.
The judgment draws the line: small matters may be done; great matters not. Small excess's tolerance covers detail only; overstep into the great and the nature changes. Many collapses are carried in on the inertia of small things — indulge detail long enough, and the large loosens too.
Practice This week note three small excesses in your life — a missed detail, a neglected person, an unfinished sentence. Mend one of them.