Xu: Waiting. If you are sincere, you have light and success. It furthers one to cross the great water. Clouds rise up to heaven: the image of Waiting. Thus the superior man eats and drinks, and is of good cheer.

We all fear waiting. When things are stalled, do you feel an urge to force a breakthrough, driven by a hidden anxiety to see the result? “Xu” tells us that waiting isn’t weakness; it is a high form of self-discipline.

You have inner strength (Heaven), but the current situation (Water) suggests it’s not time to move. This “passivity” is grueling, but it tests your psychological maturity. If you exhaust yourself during the wait, the loss is yours. Can you truly live your life—”eat and drink”—before the result arrives?

Observe if your anxiety comes from over-projecting into the future. This wait is refining your resilience. When you can coexist with the “incomplete” without collapsing, you are building a deeper energy. When the time is right, you will have the capacity to hold the success you desire.

Modern life is all about “speed,” but Laozi said that stillness overcomes agitation. Waiting is the natural clock of the universe. When the weather is wrong, forcing the ship out only leads to a wreck. Waiting isn’t wasted time; it’s flowing with the seasons. If the rain hasn’t fallen, enjoy a good meal first. When you stop fighting time, the best arrangements often arrive the moment you let go.