Stick #61: Patience Required (Unfavorable)

欲速则不达其功,耐心等候运方通。当前且把躁心敛,时来运转在秋冬。

Plain reading

Haste will not reach the goal — patience must wait for fortune to turn. Calm your restless heart now; change may come by autumn or winter.

Interpretation

This is an unfavorable lot titled "Patience Required." Haste defeats its purpose — impatience now will only harm the matter. "Fortune turns in autumn and winter" shows the turning point lies ahead, not before; quiet your restlessness and wait for the season.

Advice

Turn "must have results now" into "do a little each day." Set a fair waiting period and execute without judging inside it — before autumn and winter, do not overturn the plan from impatience.

From Vegetable Root Discourses: "Time itself is long, yet the busy shorten it." Those who achieve great things have always found power in slowness — patience is strength.

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