<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Zhengyang Yao</title><description>A quiet corner of the internet.</description><link>https://zhengyangyao.com/</link><language>en-us</language><item><title>Drawing the Line</title><link>https://zhengyangyao.com/blog/drawing-the-line/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://zhengyangyao.com/blog/drawing-the-line/</guid><description>Severing ties with your former self is the only path to perpetual growth. Reshape your identity, and the past loses its grip on you.</description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Letting Go Is Having</title><link>https://zhengyangyao.com/blog/letting-go/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://zhengyangyao.com/blog/letting-go/</guid><description>The harder you chase something, the further it slips away. True possession is non-possession. Let go of attachment, and what you seek will find its way to you.</description><pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cherish the Present</title><link>https://zhengyangyao.com/blog/cherish-the-present/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://zhengyangyao.com/blog/cherish-the-present/</guid><description>Distance creates beauty; not possessing is the truest form of having. Cherish the present and live each day well.</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Twenty-One</title><link>https://zhengyangyao.com/blog/twenty-one/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://zhengyangyao.com/blog/twenty-one/</guid><description>The only way to face life&apos;s uncertainty is by cultivating an inner world.</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Independence</title><link>https://zhengyangyao.com/blog/independence/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://zhengyangyao.com/blog/independence/</guid><description>Independence is a personality forged by necessity. Only when you no longer need to ask the world for anything can you truly give love to it.</description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>On Sensitivity</title><link>https://zhengyangyao.com/blog/sensitivity/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://zhengyangyao.com/blog/sensitivity/</guid><description>Sensitivity is like a multiplier that amplifies both happiness and pain in equal measure. Its best antidote may simply be becoming a person who is at peace — easygoing, yet never careless.</description><pubDate>Sun, 20 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Idealism</title><link>https://zhengyangyao.com/blog/idealism/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://zhengyangyao.com/blog/idealism/</guid><description>Let go of perfectionism, embrace idealism. The harder life gets, the more we should tend the garden of idealism in our hearts.</description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>