Who can help me explain the following sentence: a cloud supports a lotus, and the sky is on the top of the lotus. Good things come from difficulties. Ask you which year you will prosper.

A cloud supports a lotus. How can a cloud be light enough to stabilize the lotus? This sentence should mean that your situation is unstable, or there is a better explanation, that is, you have the help of noble people now, which makes you close to your goal.

At the top of the lotus, the sky is high and the clouds are light. As the upper level understands, success is about one step away, and good things come from difficulties. There is no need to explain this sentence. Asking when you will be prosperous is probably the final meaning. You haven't set a date for success.

Please don't believe it too much. The sign says success depends on hard work.

Not really.

A little humble opinion