The news today speaks in different registers—some stories announce new beginnings, others revisit old wounds that demand acknowledgment, still others document the ordinary persistence of human life amid threat. There is a temptation to read each headline as urgent, final, conclusive. But the dominant shape of today’s reporting suggests something else: that meaningful change—whether negotiated peace, historical justice, or simple endurance—unfolds according to its own rhythm, not ours. The talks that began last week will take months. The reckoning with historical harm spans centuries and generations. Even crisis responds to seasons we do not control. To attend to these stories without despair or false confidence is to recognize that our task is not to force resolution but to show up faithfully to the work of each season as it comes.