In 2026, it is highly recommended that people who are insecure, timid, or sensitive read Teacher Yu Hua's book — "As Timid as a Mouse."

He says:
After becoming an adult,
you are still very naive,
not because you are overly protected,
but because you have never truly been protected.
Maybe your parents didn't cultivate your ability to interact with others.
Actually, in social interactions, it's better to speak less,
restrain your desire to express,
and stay calm and gentle.
Don't chatter on just to seek resonance.
Think carefully: after every endless talk, what you feel is not regret,
but a realization.
This time, Teacher Yu Hua broke his usual style and sincerely shared his journey from timidity and insecurity to calm and strength.
He said that children who grow up too early to be sensible are only taught to obey others' ideas.
Growing up in such an environment, people feel extremely insecure inside,
careful in everything they do, walking on thin ice,
and even spend their whole lives in anxious internal conflict.
Such people need to rebuild themselves and learn how to defend, not avoid conflicts.
He also mentioned an idiom called "as timid as a mouse," which is about his own story.
Even today, I still feel sensitive and insecure because childhood trauma is not just a sudden heavy rain, but a lifelong dampness.
He poured his decade-long emotional journey into this book, and after reading it, there's a clarity after confusion,
letting us understand that working hard is not to change the world,
but to prevent the world from changing us.