Patience and Timing
The wisdom of waiting for the right moment to act.
Not all times are equal for action. The calendar reveals appropriate timing for different activities. Beyond the calendar, cultivating patience and the discernment to know when to act and when to wait is essential wisdom.
The farmer who plants at the wrong time harvests disappointment.
Timing wisdom integrates calendar knowledge with practical life skills.
Agricultural Wisdom
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- What the Maya calendar says about time
Beyond the calendar there is the plain skill of knowing when to act and when to wait. The farmer who plants at the wrong time gets nothing for being early.