Finally, the arts illuminate patience as timing. In ink painting, one waits for washes to settle before adding strokes; in music, silence gives notes their contour. East Asian aesthetics call this fecund gap ma—the meaningful interval that shapes what follows. So too in life: the courageous pause before replying, the overnight rest before deciding, the season of groundwork before launch. Through such artful intervals, patience becomes hope in motion. [...]
