The nineteenth of January

When the power of discernment is sharp you can help according to the need^*

That seems fairly straightforward. That's not the only benefit of accurate discernment, either. For example, you can avoid getting yourself or other people into difficult situations. In fact, it reminds me of the saying from the sixteenth. I suppose that's something I didn't mention at the time: observation is one thing, but interpretation of what you're observing is an important skill to apply at the time. Observation is a very good start, though, regardless of what you're trying to discern. However, instinctive feelings applied to those observations can often be just as useful for discernment as logical reasoning.

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