"Wine had to be grapes first. Diamonds had to be rocks first. Butterflies had to be caterpillars first. Rainbows had to be storms first."
- Matshona Dhliwayo
This quote points to patience as a way of living in time. In my life, origami makes that teaching tactile.
It's a challenge - resisting the urge to hurry toward the resolution, to see the finished form. But paper cannot be hurried without harm. Each fold asks for presence, not force.
The delight is discovering that when I slow down a little, the form emerges - cleaner, truer, and with less struggle.
In this way origami becomes a practice in nonviolence toward the material, toward the process and toward myself.
Today I'm practicing patience by choosing precision over pressure.
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