Great reserve, awaiting the hourGreat Taming
The ability to stop is itself a strength.
Da Chu's greatness is not splendor but capacity. A mountain bearing heaven — it looks about to collapse, yet the qian below has a hardy base and holds. True accumulation is restraint from release: to have strength in hand and not spend it is what makes the right act possible. Those in a hurry for results most easily exhaust themselves just before the best moment.
The most interesting line: the wooden yoke for the young ox — fit the headboard before the horns harden, not after it has gored someone. Cultivation works before the force takes shape. Restraint one step early spares ten conflicts later.
Practice List three things you want to do but have not. Pick one and deliberately leave it alone; see what it becomes in a week.